Drinking, Drugs and Sex
It’s no surprise to most people that alcohol and their medications ‘drugs’ do not mix.
The degree to which alcohol can interfere with your medications, and what symptoms you experience if you do both has not really been clarified.
The libido boosting medication Addi when mixed with alcohol causes fainting and lightheadedness.
Because of the interaction with alcohol the FDA asked us gynos to have patients sign a paper that they wouldn’t drink at all if they took Addi for low libido.
But in a reversal of policy the FDA now says in a release quoted on Medscape:”Alcohol consumption is no longer a strict contraindication for the use of flibanserin (Addyi, Sprout Pharmaceuticals) to treat women who have hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), according to the latest information from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).”
It is still wise to separate alcohol drinking from taking their libido medicine by at least 2 hours. You could even skip the dose that evening.
Medscape and others have called it the ‘pink pill or as it is also known: the “female Viagra,” flibanserin was approved in the United States in 2015 to treat acquired, generalized HSDD in premenopausal women, a disorder that affects an estimated 10% of women. Flibanserin is taken once daily at bedtime.
The medication should work fairly quickly for those trying to improve sex drive. Women are advised to discontinue treatment after 8 weeks if they do not see an improvement in sexual desire and associated distress.
