The Playboy Advisor

April, 2005

Why isn't there Viagra for women?--D.G., Cincinnati, OhioBecause women are ... complicated. Or at least more complicated than an erection. Early trials with women found that Viagra works as advertised--it increases blood flow to the genitals--but even when the lab instruments showed that female subjects were physically turned on, the women reported not feeling horny. This disconnect between physical and psychological arousal is a chasm that testosterone, Viagra and other pharmaceuticals apparent...