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To: puborectalis who wrote (2305)	5/9/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

Dr. Jennifer Berman, chief urologic resident at the University of Maryland Medical Center, is heading up a study of the use of Viagra among women. She has this to say about Viagra's effect on women in a CNN interview: TILLOTSON: What have you heard from the women who have gotten this pill? BERMAN: We have -- I have a group of women that all these women are ages about 25 to 41. All of these women have undergone hysterectomies within the past three to five years, and they all have the same complaints. And these include lack of sensation, decreased lubrication, and great difficulty, if at all, being able to have an orgasm. And these symptoms began in coincidence with the hysterectomy. They were normal before that. And they have all received the medication and have had significant, positive responses. And there's a basis or a foundation from which we believe that the medication would work, and this is what was referred to earlier with regard to blood flow that the medication functions by increasing smooth muscle, being vascular smooth muscle and nonvascular being in the female genital area relaxation. So these women experienced an increase in blood flow, increased clitoral and -- if I'm allowed to say that -- and labial engorgement in addition to... TILLOTSON: It's scientific; you may say those words. BERMAN: OK. In addition to increased sensation. They all note increased sensitivity and increased sensation in that area. And lo and behold, they have all been able to have an orgasm. I've had to adjust the dose on them, and some are on 50 milligrams, some are on 75, some are on a hundred. But they are all -- One is unable to achieve this with intercourse, but with other measures, she's able to. And they're delighted and... TILLOTSON: I bet their husbands or mates are, too. BERMAN: Absolutely. They're wanting to talk to everybody, help other women. I want to emphasize this is not to say that women should not have hysterectomies, 'cause there are clear indications for it. But what we need to do is redefine the anatomy and really understand where the nerves and blood vessels run so that, you know, when we're doing these operations, we can make attempts to preserve them like we do in the men that are having prostatectomies (ph). The same needs to be done in the women. It just hasn't yet. CNN Transcript - CNN & Company: Viagra: The Miracle Pill? - May 7, 1998 cnn.com