�Pfizer's erectile dysfunction medicine Viagra can improve sexual function for some women who take antidepressants, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Baltimore Sun reports (Kohn, Baltimore Sun, 7/23). According to the AP/Denver Post, previous research has establish that more than 50% of patients who consider antidepressants develop side effects that include decreased intimate function (Johnson, AP/Denver Post, 7/22).
For the study, George Nurnberg, a University of New Mexico School of Medicine shrink, and colleagues divided 98 women wHO took 5-hydroxytryptamine re-uptake inhibitors into deuce groups, unmatchable that took Viagra and one that took a placebo (Baltimore Sun, 7/23). Participants, world Health Organization had an average age of 37, reported no problems with sexual function before they began to take antidepressants and had "controlled" their depression, USA Today reports (Szabo, USA Today, 7/23).
According to researchers, 28% of participants wHO took Viagra experienced no improvement in sexual function, compared with 73% of those wHO took a placebo (Wall Street Journal, 7/23). The study too found that Viagra did not increase sexual desire (Gellene, Los Angeles Times, 7/23). Some of the women world Health Organization took Viagra experienced headaches, reddening of the
