Dr. Lauren Streicher

Dopamine is the one we really want.

You know, when you're dopey with love, that's how I always remember it's dopamine when I teach the medical students.

I always say dopamine is dopey with love.

Serotonin is stop, stop, stop.

We've got to go work and do laundry.

So we know that those drugs enhance the release of dopamine, which in turn is going to help with arousal, which in turn is going to help with orgasm.

Flibanserin has been FDA approved now for, I think it's, boy, is it 10 years?

The trade name is Addie.

Addie.

And this is a pill that you take on demand.

You have to take it on a regular basis.

Take it at night because it might make you a little sleepy, which is a good thing for most women.

But other than that, it really has very few side effects.

There was a concern initially about alcohol, which didn't really pan out.

But for most women, it is a safe drug.

And it does help with libido.

It is FDA approved specifically for hypoactive sexual desire disorder, which is decreased libido in women who want to do something about it.

Not everybody does.

And we know that decreased libido is actually the number one sexual problem that postmenopausal women have.

And so, but of course, this is not FDA approved in postmenopause women, but we have studies that show that it is.