I tried the new sex pill for women dubbed 'female Viagra' - here's how it spiced up my sex life READ MORE: 'Mental Viagra' infusions could ramp up your sex drive Do you have a health story? Email us at health@dailymail.com By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:19, 3 July 2024 | Updated: 17:55, 3 July 2024 e-mail 44 shares 48 View comments A North Carolina woman says her sex life has been transformed thanks to a little-known drug dubbed the ‘female Viagra'.
Debra Dillo, 58, was plagued with no sex life for nearly a decade, placing a strain on her intimate relationship with her husband Todd. After years of hormone replacement therapy for the menopause, hoping it would also improve her sex drive , she was prescribed Addyi. It's a once-a-day pill that balances brain chemicals responsible for sapping libido both before and after menopause .
The drug was approved in 2015, but few women have heard of it. ‘I call it my happy pill,’ Mrs Dillo said. She added that she is much more in ‘the mood’ since starting the medication: ‘I wake up in the mood.
I'm walking around during the day and I'm in the mood. And, I don't generally say no when he initiates.’ Debra Dillo [left] and her husband Todd [right] have reinvigorated their sex life with the help of a drug commonly known as 'female Viagra' Mrs Dillo began taking Addyi four months ago and immediately noticed an improvement in her mood as well as want for intimacy.
She calls it her 'happy.