Improve Female Sexual Function
  
  Viagra Can Improve Sexual Function For Women Taking  Antidepressants, Study Finds
  
  July 25, 2008, Pfizer's erectile dysfunction medication Viagra can improve sexual function
  for some women who take antidepressants, according to a study published 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 found that more than 50%
  of patients who take antidepressants develop side effects that include decreased sexual
  function (Johnson, AP/Denver Post, 7/22).
 
  For the study, George Nurnberg, a University of New Mexico School of Medicine  
  psychiatrist, and colleagues divided 98 women who took serotonin re-uptake inhibitors into
  two groups, one that took Viagra and one that took a placebo (Baltimore Sun, 7/23).
  Participants, who 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 also found that Viagra did not increase sexual desire
  (Gellene, Los Angeles Times, 7/23). Some of the women who took Viagra experienced
  headaches, reddening of the skin and indigestion. Pfizer funded the study with a research
  grant, but company officials said that they have no plans to seek FDA approval for Viagra
  as a treatment for sexual dysfunction in women (Thomas, Chicago Sun-Times, 7/23).)
 
  As posted on http://www.medicalnewstoday.com