Bremelanotide: For low desire: it switches on MC4 receptors in your brain, so it works on wanting, not plumbing. Candlelight for the hypothalamus.

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Bremelanotide

FDA approvedBrain and sleep

How it works

For low desire: it switches on MC4 receptors in your brain, so it works on wanting, not plumbing. Candlelight for the hypothalamus.

What it's made of

7 amino acids closed in a ring, trimmed from alpha-MSH, the hormone that darkens the skin. It grew out of a tanning agent.

What it's for

Prescribed for: Low sexual desire with distress in women before menopause.

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