Of course, the same could be said for ethanol.
On Dec 13, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote:
I like the quote from the first link:
Experts say the claims of Ambien as a sexual enhancer don't jibe
with science.
"I've never heard of it being used in that kind of context," said
Ralph Tarter, the director of the University of Pittsburgh's Center
for Education and Drug Abuse Research.
"It reduces arousal, rather than heightens arousal. If anyone is
anticipating a romantic engagement, one would be more inclined to
use a drug that doesn't put you to sleep."
Marie
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From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 4:30 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Cc: Mike Palij
Subject: [tips] Crazy Ambien Sex?
TiPS has been a "Tiger Woods Free Zone" (unless I've missed some
posts) and I am loathe to infect with it with TW news but as I was
going through the Sunday NY Daily News this morning a headline
caught my eye:
"Ambien is aphrodisiac, swear randy bloggers"
NOTE: the online version of this story has a slightly different title:
http://tinyurl.com/ydr95ed
As an occasional user of Ambien I admit to having been surprised
to read this (if the claim is true that one can engage in wild sex and
not remember it then I may have even more things to be surprised
about).
A quick search of the web confirms that the claim was made on
bloggers' websites relative to Woods; see:
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/12/
skank_week_is_not_yet_over_the.html
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/12/07/tiger-
woods-crazy-ambien-sex.aspx
http://www.celebitchy.com/83467/
tiger_woods_mistress_we_have_crazy_ambien_sex/
There are other bloggers who also report sexual side effects
prior to the Woods disclosure; for example:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Ambien-Side-Effects-May-Make-You-Think-
Twice-Before-Using-It&id=430781
This article was submitted on January 25, 2007. Quoting it:
|In the same vein as the above side effects of Ambien is that some
|people become sexually uninhibited and display extreme sexual
|behavior while on Ambien. Again, most do not remember acting
|that way or that they engaged in sexual activity when they wake up
|the next morning. While some may find this to be a side benefit
|rather than a side effect it can be dangerous. Often the person
|tends to not have inhibitions about WHO they have sex with.
|One woman reported that several people who knew she was
|taking Ambien used it as an opportunity to have sex with her when
|she normally would not have done so with them.
Now, a check of side effects shows that there are a variety of
side effects including various activities where the person appears
to be awake but has no memory for the activities; for example, see:
http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-9690-Ambien+Oral.aspx?
drugid=9690&drugname=Ambien+Oral
Although it seems possible to have sex while on Ambien it doesn't
appear to function either as an aphrodisiac (that is, increase one's
desire to have sex) or to engage in more extreme sex though these
behaviors may not have been reported by the people who particiapted
in the original studies validating Ambien as a sleep aid (perhaps
they were embarassed to report such things or thought that they
were unrelated to Ambien use).
So, "crazy Ambien sex": mass delusion/urban legend/self-fulfilling
prophecy
or unexpected side effect affecting a small proportion of people or
whatever?
-Mike Palij
New York University
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