# Eat less, screw more? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 30, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192 "2007-04-30T18:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/1 "2007-04-30T18:06:50Z")
[A pill could increase a woman’s libido and decrease her appetite](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/default.stm) Ok. This could be very good, or very bad. I have mixed feelings about lifestyle medication, but I’m biased. As a research assistant, I feel that more money is going toward “money making” drugs than to investigating disease. However, female sexual disfunction is very real and its nice to see it getting some attention. (My inner feminist doesn’t like the appetite suppresant part of this proposed treatment at all.) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/2 "2007-04-30T18:21:23Z")
Hmm well two of my biggest problems when finding a man is that I have a low libido and I am fat. So, I guess they FINALLY came up with a pill just for me! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/3 "2007-04-30T18:27:19Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Hmm well two of my biggest problems when finding a man is that I have a low libido and I am fat. So, I guess they FINALLY came up with a pill just for me! 🙂 [/QUOTE] Very cool. Hopefully they can see if it works for humans as well. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I fell off my high horse and need to see about an attitude adjustment. (Forgive me, **Zipper**. I didn’t think that this development could be helpful for some folks.) ::slink, slink:: ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/4 "2007-04-30T18:55:31Z")
I knew some guys who’d love a pill like this. Slip it in her drink and not only do you get some, but she doesn’t even want dinner first. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/5 "2007-04-30T18:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven] Very cool. Hopefully they can see if it works for humans as well. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I fell off my high horse and need to see about an attitude adjustment. (Forgive me, **Zipper**. I didn’t think that this development could be helpful for some folks.) ::slink, slink:: [/QUOTE] Eh, don’t feel bad. I don’t think I would ever actually take a pill. Both of my problems could also be solved by diet and exercise, without any side effects such as brain tumors, insomnia or the much-feared rectal bleeding! 🙂 So I actually agree with you - I don’t think people need to be taking pills for weightloss or “low libido.” I would much prefer a cure for cancer - I can live with being fat and boring 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/6 "2007-04-30T18:57:26Z")
It hasn’t been approved in humans yet, **Mouse\_Maven**. For all we know, the appetite suppresant could wear off ofter the first orgasm, turning test subjects ravenous and capable of stripping their mates clean of flesh in under 30 seconds flat (while achieving their second orgasm). Actually, I can see the ads now: “Ask your Dr about new Shreddium, in the the bright blood-red pill. Side effects may include reduction of body mass to that of a starving anorexic waif. Do Not Use Sheddium if continued use decimates the population in 3 surrounding states…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/7 "2007-04-30T19:40:31Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Hmm well two of my biggest problems when finding a man is that I have a low libido and I am fat. So, I guess they FINALLY came up with a pill just for me! 🙂 [/QUOTE] Get in line, sister! 😃 From the linked article: > [@](#): > > But psychologist Lesley Perman-Kerr said relationship problems usually had a psychological, rather than a biological, basis. > > "Some women have problems specific to libido. > > "But often if they go off sex, it’s more to do with their relationship than their level of libido. > > "When couples come to me and they are not having sex, the last thing they want to do is examine their relationship. > > “They want to believe that it’s nothing to do with their relationship.” Oh, bullocks. I thought we were past this line of psychobabble bullshit with the advent of Viagra. ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/8 "2007-04-30T19:43:43Z")
You really thought that pill wouldn’t appeal to a lot of people? If this gets approved it’ll end up being used recreationally more than viagra! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/9 "2007-04-30T19:48:26Z")
Now if they had a pill that would make me taller in a bar without sitting on my wallet… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/10 "2007-04-30T19:56:27Z")
I couldn’t find the link through the OP - [edit] because I am blind, apparently [/edit] [Google news always comes through](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6606927.stm), though. Nobody touched this straight line? > [@](#): > > The hormone-releasing pill has so far only been given to female monkeys and shrews… Be ashamed, people. ---
**Author:** ![miss\_elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@miss\_elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miss_elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/11 "2007-04-30T20:45:10Z")
Wow. This sounds like a lot of fun. I can’t wait!! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/12 "2007-04-30T20:49:22Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Hmm well two of my biggest problems when finding a man is that I have a low libido and I am fat. So, I guess they FINALLY came up with a pill just for me! 🙂 [/QUOTE] The only thing proven more effective is exercise! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/13 "2007-04-30T21:30:22Z")
I want a pill that fills my bank account. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/14 "2007-04-30T21:31:12Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] The only thing proven more effective is exercise! [/QUOTE] Dude, instead of snarking on me (and others with similar problems) why don’t you read the entire thread? You’ll note that I already noted that. Since I can’t call you a mean name here and don’t want to start a Pit thread, just imagine me flipping you the bird. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/15 "2007-04-30T21:38:20Z")
[QUOTE=Mouse\_Maven] [A pill could increase a woman’s libido and decrease her appetite](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/default.stm) Ok. This could be very good, or very bad. I have mixed feelings about lifestyle medication, but I’m biased. As a research assistant, I feel that more money is going toward “money making” drugs than to investigating disease. However, female sexual disfunction is very real and its nice to see it getting some attention. (My inner feminist doesn’t like the appetite suppresant part of this proposed treatment at all.) [/QUOTE] But, sex and weight loss are tied together, anyway. In the '70s, there were a couple (or more) psychological studies done, showing that women were more likely to lose weight without dieting if they had an active sex life. (They didn’t say _how_ active the sex had to be. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/16 "2007-04-30T21:50:54Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] The only thing proven more effective is exercise! [/QUOTE] Quit being a jerk. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Since I can’t call you a mean name here and don’t want to start a Pit thread, just imagine me flipping you the bird. The proper thing to do is to report the post and then ignore what was said. Otherwise, just take it to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/17 "2007-04-30T21:55:22Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I want a pill that fills my bank account. [/QUOTE] So does Schering-Plough… ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/18 "2007-04-30T23:00:12Z")
[QUOTE=enigm4tic] You really thought that pill wouldn’t appeal to a lot of people? If this gets approved it’ll end up being used recreationally more than viagra! [/QUOTE] In all seriousness, female sexuality and body image are very touchy subjects. Keep in mind that a [cervical cancer vaccine](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/30/AR2005103000747.html) and emergency contraception are hot botton issues here in the US. A pill that can make a woman (gasp :eek: ) **want** sex could bring up more controversial than Viagra ever had. (Because guys are supposed to be horny. :rolleyes: ) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/19 "2007-04-30T23:18:15Z")
Eat less and screw more? Sign me up. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192/20 "2007-05-01T22:03:51Z")
> [@Mouse\_Maven](#): > > I have mixed feelings about lifestyle medication, but I’m biased. As a research assistant, I feel that more money is going toward “money making” drugs than to investigating disease. However, female sexual disfunction is very real and its nice to see it getting some attention. (My inner feminist doesn’t like the appetite suppresant part of this proposed treatment at all.) OK, **Mouse\_Maven** , you’re the chemist, but: isn’t appetite suppression a pretty common side effect of many medicines? Especially the ones that treat symptoms with a “mind” component like this. And don’t you think less about eating when you’re sexually stimulated? Seems to me like it’d be pretty damn tough to find a female sexual dysfunction drug that won’t also reduce appetite. The same side effect is just a thorn that comes with the rose when you’re talking about antidepressants; why should this be different? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eat-less-screw-more/402192.md?page=2)