Testosterone patch may help some women
• Sexual Wellbeing
Two caveats: as far as I can tell the BBC story comes from a Proctor & Gamble press release*. Even if it does help women who have had hysterectomies there's no reason to think it will help women with lowsex drive who haven't had surgery. Needless to say there will be spam coming to our inboxes promising miracle herbal equivalents.
The patch is worn on the stomach for two weeks at a time and delivers the hormone testosterone, which has been linked to female sexual desire.
A trial involving 562 women who had had hysterectomies found the patch led to a 74% increase in satisfying sex. ...
The patch will be aimed at women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) - a lack of sexual desire that causes them distress.
A recent study suggested as many as one in three women who have had hysterectomies have low sexual desire. One in five said they were distressed about it.
Patch 'boosts women's sex drive'
* Oddly the press release states it more clearly than the BBC: Landmark Clinical Study Shows Female Testosterone Patch Significantly Improved Sexual Desire In Surgically Menopausal Women