Coming soon to US bedrooms: Injectable ‘female Viagra’

By Kimberly Leonard

Published June 21, 2019 11:52pm ET

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Coming soon to US bedrooms: Injectable ‘female Viagra’ — This image provided by Amag Pharmaceuticals in June 2019 shows packaging for their drug Vyleesi. The medication OK'd Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is only the second approved to increase sexual desire in a women. | (Amag Pharmaceuticals via AP)

Women’s libidos are about to get a shot in the arm thanks to a drug the Food and Drug Administration approved Friday.

The drug, called “Vyleesi,” treats low sexual desire through an auto-injector women use 45 minutes before having sex.

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