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Tue, 06-29-2004 - 2:09pm
....but I read this today and it made me think of pt! There's a new sex-drug for women named after her (OK so they got the number wrong.....)! *heheheheheh*

Suzanne

Da Tulip (formerly iluvtulips)

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Drug May Offer Aphrodisiac for Women

Jun 29, 10:01 AM (ET)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A drug that seems to drive female rats mad for sex may offer the first real scientific aphrodisiac for women, U.S. and Canadian researchers said on Monday.

The drug, Palatin Technologies Inc's PT-141, is being developed for use to fight impotence in men, but the researchers said tests showed it also aroused female rats.

"Accordingly, PT-141 may be the first identified pharmacological agent with the capability to treat female sexual desire disorders," they wrote in their report, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

James Pfaus of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and colleagues there and at Palatin tested the drug on female rats and found it affected their mating behavior.

The female rats flirted more when injected with the drug and Pfaus and his colleagues said: "Females treated with the highest dose of PT-141 also attempted to mount the males." In rats, this is considered a sign of sexual impatience.

"Although the sexual behavior of rats is different from that of humans, the effects of pharmacological manipulations of appetitive and consummatory sexual behaviors are similar in male rates and men," the researchers wrote.

The same is probably true of women, they added.

Although the drug was injected into the rats, in human tests for impotence it takes the form of a nasal spray.

PT-141 is the first of a new class of drugs called melanocortin agonists being developed to treat sexual dysfunction.

It may be safer than current impotence drugs because it does not affect the blood vessels. Current drugs increase blood flow and could be dangerous to people on some heart medications.

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Tue, 06-29-2004 - 3:21pm

Hello, Suzanne...how nice to see you! Hope you are well!


I saw this on The View today! Someone wondered if it makes you sexy like a rat! LOL!


Hope you come around more.


Grace

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Tue, 06-29-2004 - 3:29pm
Hi Tulips. Great to hear from you again after all this time. Several times I've wondered how you were doing and what you were up to. So...how are you doing and what are you up to? Hope you'll post more often.

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Tue, 06-29-2004 - 4:02pm
Sexy like a rat, huh? Pardon me, but -- EWWW!

Welcome back, Suzanne! If not entirely back, then hi, and how are things? Still keeping the Dutch postal system on its toes? Still tangling with cranky canines on your route?

Nice to see such an, um, interesting post from you...

Donna

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Registered: 01-03-2001
Tue, 06-29-2004 - 5:22pm
LOL Usually someone reads about chickens and thinks of me.Having someone read about a sex study and think about me was fun for a change!!!

So, datulips, what's up in your corner of the world?How are your animals doing?Still riding your bike?Nice to see a post from you, don't be a stranger!

Miss P




 

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Registered: 02-08-2001
Tue, 06-29-2004 - 8:40pm
So nice to see a post from you and such interesting "news" you bring us. And here we thought Patty was a quiet little princess in her CL kingdom!

Don't be a stranger around here. Would love to know how you're doing and what you've been up to!

Susan

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 06-29-2004 - 8:54pm
Gee, I think of chickens having sex when I think of you! ;-)

Rhonda


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Registered: 10-15-2003
Tue, 06-29-2004 - 9:06pm
Long time no see! Hope you are doing fantastic and all is well in tulip-land!!!

JazzerDeb--Dancing Queen


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Registered: 04-21-2003
Wed, 06-30-2004 - 12:08am
Suzanne!!!!!

Hey there! How are you doing???

Hey - lemme know if you're still in holland - I fly thru amsterdam a lot these days (although right now I'm at a hostel in London)...

Nice to see you.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 06-30-2004 - 2:14am
PS -- Did you ever submit your story to a magazine? I think it would have been great reading and inspired many people. Ladyirish who's started posting here could use your example to help her get through what she's going through.

Rhonda


Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time disapproving of others.

       ~~Rhonda~~


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Registered: 02-27-2001
Wed, 06-30-2004 - 9:14am

Hi there Suzanne.

Nancy

"Make Choices that bring you joy"  cl-Patty


 


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