GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: It's been one of the most talked about pills ever -- for men. Now medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen reports there is new research about Viagra and women.</s>ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is how Joanne Dorman (ph) described sex before Viagra.</s>JOANNE DORMAN: It was more of a job or a task.</s>COHEN: But after Viagra.</s>DORMAN: It's fabulous. It's an enjoyable moment of our life.</s>COHEN: Mr. Dorman was part of a study. The results just announced at that the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association. Thirty-five women who had had hysterectomies and became sexually dysfunctional took Viagra. And it worked.</s>LAURA BERMAN, BOSTON UNIV. MEDICAL CENTER: Increased lubrication, increased sensation and increased ease in facility for reaching orgasm.</s>COHEN: The study's authors thing Viagra works best in women whose sexual difficulties stem not from emotional problems, but from physical ones, because for example, they've had surgery or postmenopausal. The drug seems to work the same way in women as it does in men.</s>BERMAN: What Viagra does is increase bloodflow to the genital area, and bloodflow is a very important part of female sexual arouser.</s>COHEN: Pfizer, the company that makes Viagra, is now doing larger scale studies on women. Independent scientists conducted this research study. (on camera): There's a still a stigma about discussing female dysfunction, but experts say that's beginning to change and that we'll be seeing more and more research on drugs to treat women's sexual problems. (voice-over): Some researchers are studying Apormorphine (ph), another drug used to treat male sexual dysfunction. Others are looking at drug/herb combinations to solve a problem that until recently, hardly anyone even mentioned. Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, Atlanta.
New Research About Viagra and Women