WOMEN ON PILL MAY LOOSE SEXUAL DRIVE
their sex drive up to a year after they stop taking it, says a study.
Loss of libido, muted or non-existent orgasms and painful intercourse
have long been known as side effects of the pill. A previous research
had, however, suggested a woman’s sex drive could return to normal
within four
But the seven years study by researchers led by Dr Claudia Panzer,
an endocrinologist in
produced by the pill to stop ovulation continues to suppress
testosterone levels – central to desire in men and women – for up to a
year after women stop taking it.
Women on the pill had four times the level of sex hormone binding
globulin (SHBG), which stops testosterone from circulating in the
body, as those who had never taken the pill, it said.
. Half the women had used the pill, 39 had stopped using it and 23
had never taken it. Scientists measured their SHBG every three
months for three years.
"It is important for physicians prescribing oral contraceptives to point
out to patients the potential sexual side effects. However a
spokeswoman for
in interpreting the findings. "It is difficult to quantify what a person’s
sex drive is,” she said.
She added: "It may be influenced by a range of lifestyle factors.
Whether you are stressed, what you have eaten or how much you
have drunk could all affect your sex drive.
"Whether you have children and what ages they are can also have an
effect. Our problem is that none of these factors was quantified in this
research."
-dr.navraj singh sandhu
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