Will The Women's Testosterone Pill Give My Partner An Orgasm?

Posting Date: 06/13/2000

Original broadcast date: March 10, 2000

Art: My partner has sexual desire but she has a difficult time having an orgasm. Do you think the testosterone pill for women that you talked about will help her?

Dr. Dean: In the standard treatment for this particular problem, a doctor would prescribe, depending on her age, a testosterone-type medication to take on a daily basis. And it seems to help in women who suffer from reduced orgasmic capacity but it does have side effects like hirsutism and acne.

But let's begin at the beginning to correctly identify the cause of the problem and to match it to the right solution.

One great way to do this is to see a sex therapist. You know, with the best intentions, people hold back from being completely honest with each other in bed. A therapist knows how to ask some necessary obvious questions, one of which is can a person easily masturbate to orgasm? If the answer is yes, than we know the problem is not physiological, and other possibilities can be explored.

What I have spoken of, this sublingual testosterone -- a tablet that goes under the tongue -- is a true aphrodisiac, in that it enhances arousal. Four hours after popping the pill, the women in the double-blind study that I reported on had a lustful response.

If your partner is interested in the drug, she should take a look at the study on Healthcentral.com and bring a copy of it to her doctor for discussion.

This aphrodisiac is a compound that is not readily available in pharmacies, but based on her doctor's prescription, a smart pharmacist should be able to put it together.

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