Drug Companies after Female Viagra

Jean Toth's experience with Intrinsa -- Procter & Gamble's first-in-its-class testosterone skin patch -- has changed her life. She lost her sexual desire after going through menopause.

"The very first time they showed me how to put it on -- I put it on in their offices -- and on my way home, it was like, 'Yes! We are gonna have fun tonight!' " said Toth, a 56-year-old tax analyst from Cleveland.

Toth was taking the drug as part of Procter & Gamble's clinical trials. The company had hoped to win preliminary approval today for widespread sales from a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee. But the group said that more study is needed to ensure it is safe for long-term use.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates that 43 percent of women, like Toth, suffer from what is now called female sexual dysfunction -- including women who have lost sexual desire after menopause.

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