Can Viagra treat women's sexual problems?

interestingly enough, it was originally designed as a heart medication...

I remember seeing a while ago people going on about how "Viagra is good for your heart, too!". Sadly I think people have forgotten what was the original intent, and which was the unexpected side effect.

Yes and a very interesting question:

from: Reuters Health

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Viagra, a popular anti-impotence pill, may help some women on antidepressants have better sex, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

They found women on antidepressants who took Viagra had fewer sexual side effects than those who took a placebo. Sexual dysfunction can prompt many people to stop taking drugs to treat depression.

While other studies have hinted that Viagra might help these women, the latest research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is one of the first scientifically rigorous studies to show this benefit.

The rest of the article is here:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_67213.html

Viagra tablets contain the active ingredient sildenafil. It's known sildenafil citrate doesn't produce the same results in all men. Nitric oxide, which is important to male erection, also exists in females.

Blood must flow into the vaginal area for a woman to reach an orgasm. So, theoretically in cases when female impotence is the result of blood flow problems sildenafil might help.

I don't think it is generally recommended or prescribed for most women. There are other new spin-off drugs that are and seem to have met with some success. It also depends on what type of sexual problems the woman may have.

I think one has to have a penis first in order for Viagra to work.

well, when i take viagra, im a woman, it makes my chicho appear inmid air, :-)
- chicho juevos
This lady is crazy forreal in mid-air? lmao - Tony Allen