Healthcare Triage: What is Flibanserin (AKA “Female Viagra”)?

“Female Viagra” and regular or “male” Viagra were both originally investigated as treatments for conditions other than sexual dysfunction. Viagra came out of studies on hypertension, and “female Viagra” for depression. But… that’s where most of the similarities end.

How so? Let’s discuss. Flibanserin, sometimes called “female Viagra”, is the topic of this week’s Healthcare Triage:

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