A POPULAR antidepressant can restore sexual desire in women who have lost
interest in sex, even when depression isn’t the cause of their diminished
libido.
Previous studies have shown that the drug bupropion could counteract the
decreased sexual desire often caused by other antidepressants such as Prozac.
But a new trial shows the drug can work on its own to increase sex drive in some
women.
Kathleen Segraves at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and
her colleagues tested bupropion on 51 women who were suffering an unexplained
loss of sexual desire. After being treated with the drug for…
