Comments on: What happens when a healthy female takes viagra?

Question: What happens when a healthy female takes viagra?

Scottk — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:07:42 -0800

What happens when a healthy female takes viagra?

By: WestCoaster

WestCoaster — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:22:32 -0800

Safety-wise, there is no problem. (Otherwise, there would be a warning on the label, since Pfizer was conducting clinical trials of Viagra in women as far back as in 1998.) In fact, a clinical trial is now starting up to evaluate if Viagra can cause increased blood flow to the brain in a wide range of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, including women.

Effect-wise, from this federal government page:

Viagra and its competitors increase blood flow to the penis and are not known to affect female sexual activity.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:27:58 -0800

I would swear that Susie Bright, sex columnist for Salon.com, took it and wrote about it, but I can't find it in Salon's crappy archive system. I don't recall all the details, but it wasn't anything like what it does to men.

By: BMF

BMF — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:47:49 -0800

I would guess that her clit will get very hard for a very long time.

By: Peach

Peach — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:14:41 -0800

The research I've read says it doesn't have much effect.

By: majick

majick — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:36:20 -0800

The Susie Bright piece -- to which all links appear to be dead -- called "Viagra Calls" indicated that she got fairly randy in an antsy rather than aroused way, enjoyed the sex but found herself engorged to the point where penetrative sex was not practical (!!!), and ultimately deemed it more frustration than it was worth.

I have heard a handful of other anecdotes with similar, though not identical, results, all of which were described as entirely positive experiences.

By: brevator

brevator — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:26:47 -0800

from The Vice Guide to Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll:
"There is a full on conspiracy to convince people that this pill doesn't work on women. For real, half a hit of viagra and their clitoris is poking out like ET's trying to phone home."

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:22:43 -0800

Part I
Part II

By: Scottk

Scottk — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 12:40:23 -0800

Great Salon article. Thanks, guys.