MONTREAL, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A new "love drug" aimed at women, called PT-141, is undergoing final trials in Canada before starting extensive U.S. government testing.
Canadian scientists say just a snort or two from a nasal inhaler is enough to stoke up the sexual fires of both women and men.
Women who took part in trials told New York magazine that within minutes they felt a "tingling and a throbbing" along with "a strong desire to have sex," the New York Daily News said Tuesday.
PT-141 is being developed by Palatin Technologies, a New Jersey-based drugmaker. The company expects it'll take up to three more years before the drug goes to market.
"Hopefully, this will be another option for women with physiologically based sexual dysfunction," said Laura Berman, author of "The Passion Prescription: Ten Weeks to Your Best Sex -- Ever!"
Unlike Viagra, she said, "It affects the central nervous system. It affects desire."
