Not Tonight, Baby...
Okay, so how many of you have seen that totally annoying commercial for Avlimil, wherein the woman uses the word "PASSION" about a hundred times?
"I used to think I didn't have time for sex, but I took Avlimil, and now I have PASSION! You hear me, PASSION! I mean it, PASSION! I'm not f'ing with you here, it's PASSION!"
I'm paraphrasing. But not much.
It's been pretty widely discussed that one of the worst effects of Vaginsimus can be suffering from a low sex drive. This can be because of many factors, including a fear of intimacy or just plain giving up on the whole idea of sex-- but it's dangerous to linger in this complacency. After all, if you aren't motivated to be sexual, how can you be motivated to overcome Vaginismus? With all the stress that the various treatments have to offer, it's easy to just decide that sex isn't important enough to you to keep going. If you can have a healthy sex life aside from your Vaginsimus, you're more likely to eventually beat it. So let's talk about some products that are said to treat low sex drive.
Pills and products for women with low sex drives are the new "thing" in pharmaceuticals, or, rather, in non-prescription vitamin supplements packaged to appear as a phamaceutical-- that's right, in my investigation, the first thing I found out about Avlimil is that it is NOT a prescription, it's merely a "proprietary blend", and, furthermore, the commercial was designed specifically to make women think that it is something you must get from the doctor-- this was a very intentional campaign designed to give credibility to the product, and to allow them to charge more money than most women would pay for a vitamin. They even package it to look like birth control, and refer to it in measurements of "cycles".
"I used to think I didn't have time for sex, but I took Avlimil, and now I have PASSION! You hear me, PASSION! I mean it, PASSION! I'm not f'ing with you here, it's PASSION!"
I'm paraphrasing. But not much.
It's been pretty widely discussed that one of the worst effects of Vaginsimus can be suffering from a low sex drive. This can be because of many factors, including a fear of intimacy or just plain giving up on the whole idea of sex-- but it's dangerous to linger in this complacency. After all, if you aren't motivated to be sexual, how can you be motivated to overcome Vaginismus? With all the stress that the various treatments have to offer, it's easy to just decide that sex isn't important enough to you to keep going. If you can have a healthy sex life aside from your Vaginsimus, you're more likely to eventually beat it. So let's talk about some products that are said to treat low sex drive.
Pills and products for women with low sex drives are the new "thing" in pharmaceuticals, or, rather, in non-prescription vitamin supplements packaged to appear as a phamaceutical-- that's right, in my investigation, the first thing I found out about Avlimil is that it is NOT a prescription, it's merely a "proprietary blend", and, furthermore, the commercial was designed specifically to make women think that it is something you must get from the doctor-- this was a very intentional campaign designed to give credibility to the product, and to allow them to charge more money than most women would pay for a vitamin. They even package it to look like birth control, and refer to it in measurements of "cycles".
Want more dirt? Okay! You got it! The company offers a free thirty day "cycle" of the product urging you to see results for yourself, rather than taking their word for it, even though in the FAQ section it clearly states that you should give it between 60-90 days to take effect (to be fair, it says many women see a difference in 10, but there are no specifics as to what constitutes "many"), and there are numerous sites on the internet claiming that if you do send away for the free trial, they sign you up for an autoship program that you can't cancel out of before your first paid shipment, no matter how hard you try. As for their refund policy--
"If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase you may call Customer Care at 1-866-834-1715 to make arrangements to send your unopened cycles back to us for full credit. Credit will ONLY be issued for unopened cycles."
So, if you aren't satisfied with a product you haven't tried, you can definitely get your money back!
Now comes the big question-- does it work? Well, who the hell knows? I found one graph-review by e-consumer.com that rated it third out of four (#1 EstaVil, #2 Avenavin. #3 Avlimil, #4 Femtrex), and one written study from healthbeat.us that weighed it negatively (saying that Avlimil gave the user more energy in general, but did nothing for her sex drive) against another product, but I would trust either of these, especially the second, as it seems they easily could have been studies paid for by the competitors-- however, the healthbeat.us study does have quite a few seemingly unbiased user comments-- a lot of variation, but definitely worth a look.
The number one competitor for Avlimil? The slightly-more-promising, but just-as-scandalous Sentia.
Sentia promises increased libido, improved sensitivity, higher energy levels and better orgasms, and the website is a bit more compelling, offering more information and, while it's irrelevant, a much better design. The pricing is roughly double that of Avlimil, though it all depends on how much you order. However, their return policy is way better, and there's a clear checkbox so that you can opt in or out of their autoship program, so perhaps not being sent something you don't want on a monthly basis will pay for itself. And, you're more likely to find a positive review for Sentia online than you are of Avlimil! So why is that? Surely, because it's the better product?
Or maybe not.
There is strong evidence to suggest that Sentia is stuffing the ballot box when it comes to positive reviews online...Type the words "a longer pause than a few days" into google, and there you get three seperate reviews that use this exact same awkward wording:
"I don't remember a longer pause than a few days where I haven't made love to my husband/boyfriend/girlfriend."
I also found aHealthbeat.us review we mentioned earlier, where Sentia came out the clear winner, on the sidebar they mention the price of Avlimil, but not the price of Sentia-- again, you can check out the user reviews (what a shock, they're all good.)
What else? I'll tell you what else! On the of website Avenavin, another product basing most of it's advertising on the internet, there is a what they call a "Revealing Sentia Review", which goes on and on with the shortcomings and possible side effects of Sentia.
Son-of-a-motherless-goat, the information on these products keeps coming and coming-- unlike the people who need them.
I have officially been writing this for over three hours now, having to wade through all of the information that I've been gathering for the past month, and do it on dial-up, nonetheless. So here's the deal, I'm gonna go ahead and post this, as-is, in hopes of getting to information on the other billions of products out there on a later date. Have questions or comments about a product, or anything else? Leave 'em in the comments box-- and check it, to see if I've put any mini-updates in their, as well. I have a feeling there's more in the way of fake Sentia reviews, and I'll post 'em as I find 'em.
Before I sign off, though, here's my suggestion: before any of you start running out to spend hundreds of dollars on these, go to your local pharmacy and pick up some Horny Goat Weed-- Also called "Super Goat Weed" in your more family-friendly stores. It'll cost you anywhere between 3-10 bucks, and it's been used for these exact same problems for hundreds of years. I took it for a little while (I'm really, really bad about doing things on a daily or regular basis...as evidenced by my pattern of updates here), and didn't notice a whole lot of change in my libido, but I did notice slightly better orgasms, and who knows what else would have happened if I'd stayed with it longer? Now, it may or may not have been a placebo effect, but for the bargain price of 3-10 bucks, and a whole lot less headaches than these mail-order supplements, I think it's worth a try.
Not convinced? Do some of your own darn research on it, or tune in for our next installment. If all else fails, catch a plane to Jamaica and sleep with Taye Diggs. If that don't get your groove back, Stella, nothing will.
"If you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase you may call Customer Care at 1-866-834-1715 to make arrangements to send your unopened cycles back to us for full credit. Credit will ONLY be issued for unopened cycles."
So, if you aren't satisfied with a product you haven't tried, you can definitely get your money back!
Now comes the big question-- does it work? Well, who the hell knows? I found one graph-review by e-consumer.com that rated it third out of four (#1 EstaVil, #2 Avenavin. #3 Avlimil, #4 Femtrex), and one written study from healthbeat.us that weighed it negatively (saying that Avlimil gave the user more energy in general, but did nothing for her sex drive) against another product, but I would trust either of these, especially the second, as it seems they easily could have been studies paid for by the competitors-- however, the healthbeat.us study does have quite a few seemingly unbiased user comments-- a lot of variation, but definitely worth a look.
The number one competitor for Avlimil? The slightly-more-promising, but just-as-scandalous Sentia.
Sentia promises increased libido, improved sensitivity, higher energy levels and better orgasms, and the website is a bit more compelling, offering more information and, while it's irrelevant, a much better design. The pricing is roughly double that of Avlimil, though it all depends on how much you order. However, their return policy is way better, and there's a clear checkbox so that you can opt in or out of their autoship program, so perhaps not being sent something you don't want on a monthly basis will pay for itself. And, you're more likely to find a positive review for Sentia online than you are of Avlimil! So why is that? Surely, because it's the better product?
Or maybe not.
There is strong evidence to suggest that Sentia is stuffing the ballot box when it comes to positive reviews online...Type the words "a longer pause than a few days" into google, and there you get three seperate reviews that use this exact same awkward wording:
"I don't remember a longer pause than a few days where I haven't made love to my husband/boyfriend/girlfriend."
I also found aHealthbeat.us review we mentioned earlier, where Sentia came out the clear winner, on the sidebar they mention the price of Avlimil, but not the price of Sentia-- again, you can check out the user reviews (what a shock, they're all good.)
What else? I'll tell you what else! On the of website Avenavin, another product basing most of it's advertising on the internet, there is a what they call a "Revealing Sentia Review", which goes on and on with the shortcomings and possible side effects of Sentia.
Son-of-a-motherless-goat, the information on these products keeps coming and coming-- unlike the people who need them.
I have officially been writing this for over three hours now, having to wade through all of the information that I've been gathering for the past month, and do it on dial-up, nonetheless. So here's the deal, I'm gonna go ahead and post this, as-is, in hopes of getting to information on the other billions of products out there on a later date. Have questions or comments about a product, or anything else? Leave 'em in the comments box-- and check it, to see if I've put any mini-updates in their, as well. I have a feeling there's more in the way of fake Sentia reviews, and I'll post 'em as I find 'em.
Before I sign off, though, here's my suggestion: before any of you start running out to spend hundreds of dollars on these, go to your local pharmacy and pick up some Horny Goat Weed-- Also called "Super Goat Weed" in your more family-friendly stores. It'll cost you anywhere between 3-10 bucks, and it's been used for these exact same problems for hundreds of years. I took it for a little while (I'm really, really bad about doing things on a daily or regular basis...as evidenced by my pattern of updates here), and didn't notice a whole lot of change in my libido, but I did notice slightly better orgasms, and who knows what else would have happened if I'd stayed with it longer? Now, it may or may not have been a placebo effect, but for the bargain price of 3-10 bucks, and a whole lot less headaches than these mail-order supplements, I think it's worth a try.
Not convinced? Do some of your own darn research on it, or tune in for our next installment. If all else fails, catch a plane to Jamaica and sleep with Taye Diggs. If that don't get your groove back, Stella, nothing will.
posted by Elle Emaitch (A pseudonym-- first name is Linda) @ 7:09 PM
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