Viagra Can Improve Sexual Function For Women Taking Antidepressants, Study Finds

Pfizer's erectile dysfunction medication Viagra can improve sexual function for some women who take antidepressants, according to a study published Wednesday 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... [read full story]