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Dr.
Randolph Challenges Women's Pharmaceutical Sex
Pill Flibanserin
Proposes
Bioidentical Hormones as a Natural Alternative
for Boosting Female Libido and Pleasure
Next month the Food
and Drug Administration is scheduled to review
and possibly endorse the first pill designed to
do for women what Viagra did for men: boost
their sex lives. The drug, trade-named
"flibanserin," previously marketed as an
antidepressant, is touted to increase female
libido by decreasing levels of one brain
chemical, serotonin, while boosting levels of
others: dopamine and norepinephrin.
C.W.
Randolph, Jr., M.D., R.Ph.,
board certified gynecologist and
internationally-respected medical expert in the
field of hormone-related sexual dysfunction
contends: "Low sex drive is a real issue;
current clinical data indicates that 43 percent
of women suffer some kind of sexual
inadequacy such as low desire, performance
anxiety, vaginal dryness and/or pain during
intercourse. While taking a drug that fiddles
with a woman's brain chemicals may have some
impact on sexual
'mood,' it will not effectively treat the most
common culprit sabotaging her sexual desire at a
cellular level: a deficiency in one or more sex
hormone."
According to
Randolph, the human body produces three sex
hormones: estrogen, progesterone and
testosterone. While a balance of all three is
important for long-term sexual vitality,
testosterone is the hormone most associated with
feelings of sexual desire and pleasure. "In
women, the production of the sex hormones begins
to shift and decline in the early to mid-30s.
Issues with libido and pleasure typically
accelerate in the 40s and 50s as testosterone
production dips lower and lower. The optimal and
medically-proven treatment of choice for restoring
a woman's sexual vitality is to safely and
naturally boost lagging hormone levels
biochemically and physiologically via natural bioidentical
hormone replacement therapies (BHRT). Says
Randolph, "Bioidentical hormones are synthesized
in a laboratory to have exactly the same
molecular structure as the hormones your body
used to produce but are now lacking."
Dr. Randolph's
Ageless and Wellness Medical Center in
Jacksonville Beach, Florida treats close to ten
thousand women and men each year with
individualized prescription formulations of
compounded BHRT. In In the Mood Again,
the book recently co-authored with his wife and
media-dubbed "sexpert" Genie James, M.M.Sc.,
Randolph states: "After only three months on an
individualized formulation of BHRT, 92 percent
of my patients report complete restoration of
sexual desire, 97 percent of women say they no
longer have vaginal dryness and pain with
intercourse, 99 percent say that they have more
energy and 87 percent say they have lost 10
pounds or more."
James concludes:
"When it come to options for long-term sexual
vitality, women and men deserve and equitable
number of choices. Clinical studies irrefutably
establish bioidentical hormone replacement - and
specifically bioidentical testosterone
replacement - as a safe, medically-proven
treatment of choice for low libido and sexual
dysfunction. Why take a pill that manipulates
your brain chemistry when BHRT turns back your
inner sexual clock at a cellular level?"
Start
with the Science:
Davis
SR. Testosterone for low libido in
postmenopausal women not using systemic
oestrogen therapy. Med J Aust. 2009 Aug
3;191(3):134-5.
Krapf
JM, Simon JA. The role of testosterone
in the management of hypoactive sexual desire
disorder in postmenopausal women.
Maturitas.
2009 Jul 20;63(3):213-9.
James, Genie and C.W. Randolph, Jr. M.D., R.Ph. In
the Mood Again: Use the Power of Healthy
Hormones to Reboot Your Sex Life - at Any Age.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010.
Morgentaler, Abraham. Testosterone
for Life: Recharge Your Vitality, Sex Drive,
Muscle Mass and Overall Health. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2009.
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