# Drug Companies Concoct, Then Cure, Disease

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-companies-concoct-then-cure-disease/146427>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 3, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-companies-concoct-then-cure-disease/146427 "2003-01-03T15:37:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-companies-concoct-then-cure-disease/146427/21 "2003-01-10T19:25:13Z")

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First, some women get angry that nobody in the `male-oriented medical world’ has developed a female viagra.

Now, some females are angry that a female viagra exists.

If I didn’t think it was the same people both times, I wouldn’t be half as confused.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-companies-concoct-then-cure-disease/146427/22 "2003-01-10T20:03:15Z")

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> If a woman’s sexual response is impaired because of physical discomfort due to inadequate lubrication, viagra theoretically could help. But this stuff is not a libido enhancer

While I would be all in favor of development of a female libido enhancer (don’t need it myself, but probably lots of couples would benefit from such a thing), I’m given to understand that all Viagra does for women is _help increase lubrication_! Excuse me, but isn’t that what K-Y Jelly is for?

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**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-companies-concoct-then-cure-disease/146427/23 "2003-01-11T00:32:41Z")

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Well, yeah, but at least you don’t have to rub the Viagra on at the appropriate intimate moment…

😃

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**Author:** ![jane\_says](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jane\_says](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jane_says)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-companies-concoct-then-cure-disease/146427/24 "2003-01-11T01:16:21Z")

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Did anyone else get that pop-up when this thread opened - the one with the half-clothed folks selling a product like the one being discussed?

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-companies-concoct-then-cure-disease/146427/25 "2003-01-11T01:31:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by norinew \*  
> \*\*Excuse me, but isn’t that what K-Y Jelly is for? \*\*

Have you ever used K-Y? The stuff sucks. Too little doesn’t work at all and too much makes it feel like you’re wearing a condom. In fact, with the mess and the gooey hands and the **GLAVIN** I’d probably rather use a condom.  
QtM said:

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> dilators

Care to elaborate, or did I get whooshed? 🙂

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