Two new Viagra-for-women pills soon

06/23/2010 10:00 PM

ANN GERBER

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NO LONGER SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS in the sex pill world, females will soon have their choice of two blockbuster aids. German pharmaceutical firm Boehringer Ingelheim introduced its “female Viagra pill” named non-sexy Flibanserin to our Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee on June 18, which unfortunately voted unanimously that the benefits did not compensate for its adverse effects.

BUT WAIT, THIS PILL TO BOOST sexual desire in women is for those 18 to 50, and must be taken every night. The desired effect comes in about a month.

MORE THAN 5,000 WOMEN WORLDWIDE took part in clinical trials over five years and 60 percent reported they were helped by the medication.

THIS NEW PILL DOESN’T WORK LIKE VIAGRA. That little blue pill simply increases the blood flow to the male genitalia, and the desire for intercourse must be there.

FLIBANSERIN BLOCKS SEROTONIN IN THE BRAIN, which can inhibit sexual function. And no, it won’t make hookers or sluts out of normal women. It is not a rampant aphrodisiac, say scientists. Hopefully it will make sex more appealing to women who are hammered by work, parenting, pressures from peers, worry or low self-esteem.

WILL OUR BRAINS SAY, “GOODY, LET’S MAKE LOVE?” PERHAPS, instead of “I have a headache.”

AMERICAN DRUG FIRMS, notably BioSante Pharmaceuticals in Lincolnshire, are getting in the act. BioSante hopes to have its LibiGel approved later this year. It is a testosterone gel to treat low sex drive in postmenopausal women. Researchers say, reports Scripps Howard News Service, that females who took the gel had more sexually satisfying events — from intercourse to being aroused to having fantasies.

JUST AS VIAGRA BECAME A HOT TOPIC for comics, so these new femme-friendly medications will fuel their routines. No action, though, until these pills are on the market. Then brace yourself. ... WILL WOMEN EMBRACE THESE NEW SEXUAL BANDAIDS? We will know next year.

Gossip, gossip, gossip

WHO ARE THE COUPLE TOGETHER, unmarried, for the past 42 years? Yes, 42 years and they’re proud of it! You know I tell you everything. ... It is women’s business leader Hedy Ratner and the PR/ad savvy Mort Kaplan. Forty-two years together and still speaking to each other.

WHO IS THE YOUNG WIDOW, with two small dogs, who spends every Sunday doing random acts of kindness in memory of her late husband? She sets an example for all to follow.

SORRY, EAGER FEMMES, but we hear that great catch investment guru Richard Driehaus is engaged to a foreign beauty. ... His annual Lake Geneva blast is July 31. Perhaps it could be a wedding? Or an engagement party?

THE HERMÈS OPENING PARTY at Rush and Oak was jammed by A-listers awed by the fabulous salon trappings. But will sales hold up in this economy?

SINGLE GUYS AND GALS flock to the annual White Party. The married couples make the scene as well but this meat market, er, we mean meet market is wildly popular. It is July 22 at Marchetti’s.

POPULAR COUPLE HOLLYE AND JEFF JACOBS will be missed once they are off to the home they built in Santa Barbara, Calif.

DO WE NOT APPRECIATE OPRAH WINFREY as Stedman Graham asserted? He’s wrong. Oprah casts a big shadow on all our lives as she broadcasts from her Chicago perch and we all talk about her, think of her like a second cousin we’re proud of because of her success and her smarts. Even when Oprah leaves, she will be in our lives.

POLICE HOPE TO EXTRADITE from Austria the ex-wife they say had her former mate killed by a hitman for insurance. Eight years ago the victim’s car was bombed and police found a tape recording of “Pat” offering cash for the murder. Besides her Chicago connections, she was linked romantically to one of our richest men and he almost married her.

THE MOST IRRITATING, OBNOXIOUS personality on TV to our mind is Niecy Nash and her “jiggly parts.”

OUR JIM BELUSHI stars in the new series The Defenders, about lawyers in Vegas, starting June 27. ... Jim has a nice-guy image that serves him well.

WHEN VIRGINIA MADSEN is in the cast you can expect good acting and positive surprises. So we look forward to her new ABC series, Scoundrels, about a family with different values. Warning, our actress is veddy sexy in this provocative tale.

WE ARE WARMING UP to Hot in Cleveland, a new sitcom with favorites Betty White, Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves. Poor Betty gets the worst jokes.

THE CONCENTRATION OF TALENT at the memorable Salute to Chicago Television, a tri-generational reunion at the Hilton hosted by the Nielsen Co. and the Museum of Broadcast Communications’ founder/CEO Bruce DuMont, was awesome! Int the crowd were: Sis Atlas, daughter of the late giant Leslie Atlas; Carmelita Pope; Lee Phillip Bell; Roger Ebert; Bill Kurtis; Walter Jacobson; Tom Skilling; Theresa Gutierrez; Bob Wallace; Bozo the Clown’s family; Thea Flaum; Joe Ahern; Sheldon Cooper; Howard Shapiro; Wally Phillips’ widow, Barbara; Donna La Pietra, Merri Dee; Dean Richards; Warner Saunders; Allison Rosati; Dick Johnson; Ginger Zee; Alan Krashesky; Jack Brickhouse’s widow, Pat; Gene Siskel’s widow, Marlene Iglitzen; Rob Feder; Harry Caray’s widow, Dutchie; William McCarter; Rich Koz; Jim Conway; Bob Petty; Joel Daly; Jorie Lueloff; Jim Tilmon; Jack Taylor; Jim Ruddle; Allison Payne; Ruben Cruz; Jack Mulqueen; and Frank Mathie.

BRUCE DUMONT gave a touching speech about the history-making celebrities gathered to honor their brethren. The peak of the evening saw Gov. Pat Quinn present DuMont with a $6 million check for the museum at State and Kinzie, a 62,000-square-foot benchmark tourism attraction. ... THE MOST GLAM GAL at the benefit was gorgeous Cheryl Burton. Dinner chairman Tim Smithe showed off the family sense of humor with some witty commercials. Jerry Springer’s daughter, Katie, attended with husband Adam Yenkin. Lee Phillips told me her eight grandkids keep her busy. Weatherman Tom Skilling was warned by one irate woman guest to “stop with all that rain already.”

GUEST SHIRLEY MARX was so impressed by the project she pledged $10,000 in memory of her husband, Edward, founder of New World Van Lines. ... HARD-WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES for the broadcast milestone were Gina Loizzo, Amy Hauser, Pat Wexler, James Bulka and a slew of other dedicated, proud Chicagoans.

THE EVERGREEN INVITATIONAL, an equestrian Grand Prix to benefit Northwestern Memorial Hospital, will be Sept. 11 at the Pritzker farm in Bristol, Wisconsin. For tickets, call 312-926-7133.

THOSE WERE THE DAYS. ... MORE THAN 150 FROM THE SENN HIGH SCHOOL class of 1960 gathered for their 50th reunion at a suburban hotel and lied to each other about how good they looked. Big question was, did the men or women look older? It was decided the femmes aged the worse. Missing was classmate Mike Segal from Near North insurance, in jail for fraud. In our opinion, he didn’t deserve as long a sentence as he got, but he should be out soon.

SHE IS ANTI-ISRAEL and a quirky old broad, but I respect and feel sorry for Helen Thomas, 89, and dean of the White House press correspondents. FOR YEARS UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH she was the only voice asking and demanding answers to tough questions. Helen is Lebanese and pro-Palestine, and she told a rabbi Jews should get out of Palestine and “go home to Poland, Germany.” She was shot down, has since apologized, and dismissed as a syndicated columnist. Her legacy as a pioneer for women journalists breaking down barriers stands, as she falls prey to her own demons.

STANDOUTS AT THE BROOKFIELD ZOO BALL where the new bear enclave debuted included: Vicki DeMar, Jill Javors, Heidi Huizenga, Fred Krehbiel, Katherine Abelson, Susan Ahern, William Kunkler III, Cushman Andrews, Shirley Daly, Michael Emmert, Bert Getz, Barbara Levy Kipper, Stuart Strahl, Cherryl Thomas, Eddie Duckworth, Christine Holden, Cookie Cohen, Elizabeth Bramsen, John Carpenter, William Thonn, Pamela Andrews, Kathleen Amatangelo, Susan Crown, Lester Crown, Joe Ahern, John Ayers, Peter Bynoe, Jay Case, Doris and Jay Christopher, Gary Collins, Patrick Daly, Jay Javors, Michael Ferro, James Gordon, the Charles Goudies, Patrick Harbour, Lara Heiberger, Scott Hudson, Eugene Jarvis, Judy Baar Topinka, and Gregory Cappelli.

FRIENDS OF PHILANTHROPIST Betsy Bramsen raised $2 million to endow a Professorship of Breast Cancer Research at the Robert Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University in her name. It will provide extensive research, education and training in the battle to overcome cancer. Dr. Steven Rosen is director of the Center. This Betsy Bramsen Professorship will provide its recipient with the resources needed to launch projects that have the potential to yield breakthrough information. Stuart Strahl and Cookie Cohen were among the donors.

CONCERNED CITIZENS gathered recently in the home of Dr. Anne Seiden to discuss Government Accountability Project whistleblowers, may their tribe increase. They are the eyes and ears of the public, exposing corruption and saving taxpayer dollars.

ART COLLECTOR Richard and stunning wife Lana Cooper were among civic and corporate leaders at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s annual corporate night benefit, which raised more than $1 million. Frankie Valli was the star, and the audience loved him.

UBER LAWYER Robert Clifford spoke about mediation with the masters, before legal eagles at the American Bar Association in a special panel presentation.

THAT MAGNIFICENT $10,000 WEDDING GOWN on display in a Drake Hotel Palm Court exhibit is by hot designer Quentin D Alexander. Who is the lucky bride who will wear this heavenly creation?

JOAN RIVERS HAS NERVES OF STEEL! THIS ZANY SECOND CITY GRADUATE ALLOWED HER MAKEUP-FREE FACE, a plastic surgery miracle, to be seen at the beginning of the documentary film about her life, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. It is awful or great, depending on your appreciation of this very funny, very sick talent, exposing her soft, white underbelly at 77.

HOW SWEET IT IS ... at the new Cookie Bar, 2475 N. Lincoln Ave., where a world of treats await good girls and boys, and bad ones, too. They offer 18 kinds daily with unusual combinations to delight your taste buds.

OUR CONDOLENCES to trader Martin Israel and wife Barbara, on the death of his father, Max, 85, who operated the swank menswear salon Meyerson Clothing on Roosevelt Road for many years. ... AND CONDOLENCES to Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker on the death of his mother, fashion pioneer Peg Zwecker, at 99.

THE CRÈME DE LA CRÈME of our socialites are swarming in Paris like chic bees for the American Friends of Versailles lavish ball and other events orchestrated by our elegant Catharine Hamilton. Let the good times roll, since heads won’t as Chicagoans, with European royalty, have a glam week of parties.

“WHEN TWO MEN IN BUSINESS ALWAYS AGREE, one of them is unnecessary.” — William Wrigley Jr.

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