Denise took part in such a survey after visiting the offices of sex therapist Laura Berman and her sister and co-worker, urologist Jennifer Berman. After a battery of tests, she took the pills home. But Denise's orgasms are often elusive. Results from small, uncontrolled studies performed on Viagra to date have been mixed, and some of them disappointing. Testosterone isn't just made by men.
Women produce it too, both in their adrenal glands and their ovaries.
Not at all, say researchers. Testosterone may be of no use at all if blood tests show that a woman is making normal amounts. Randee, for instance, is a patient in a testosterone patch trial led by Braunstein. She'll place the patch on her belly and replace it periodically. Viagra, for instance, has been linked to heart attacks in some men.