Viagra for Women's Depression

This may have been in JAMA, but the research was funded by Pfizer...the same drug company that makes Viagra.  There is so much bias here.  They want to increase their sales.

The article itself states that it will not try to get Viagra actually approved for this problem.  You owe it your readers to put in all the facts, not just the ones that suit you.

These are quotes in the original article, and Nurnberg stated that they had financial ties to Pfizer.  Also the side effects of Viagra were more severe in women than in men.  Psychaiatrists have stated that their association with drug companies has led to "blind judgment" on certain medications, leading them to wish that they had never taken money from drug companies.  It is an increasing problem in psychiatry and pharmacotherapeutics today.

Quotes:  "Although 72 percent of the women taking Viagra reported improvement on an overall scale, only 27 percent of the women taking the placebo reported improvement.

Althof said it's "worrisome" that 43 percent of the women on Viagra experienced headaches, compared with 27 percent of the women on dummy pills. Indigestion and reddening of skin (flushing) also were reported more often by the women taking Viagra.

Psychologist Leonore Tiefer of New York University School of Medicine said industry-funded research has oversimplified women's sexual experience. She noted that the new study, funded by a Pfizer grant, found more side effects than benefits.

"Where's the question to the women: Is it worth it?" Tiefer said.

An earlier study in men taking antidepressants found more pronounced sexual benefits with Viagra than the benefits found for women, said lead author Dr. George Nurnberg, a psychiatrist at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque.

But the message for men and women who need antidepressants is that Viagra may help them stay on the drugs, he said.

"We're not talking about a lifestyle issue. We're talking about a medical necessity issue," Nurnberg said.

Pfizer had no influence on the design, findings or manuscript, Nurnberg said. He and several of the other authors disclosed financial ties to Pfizer and other drugmakers."