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Letter: Bless you

Published 20 June 1998

From Tom Painter

I can confirm your item in Bizarre Tales from New Scientist (21
March, p 27) concerning the antidepressant drug clomipramine, which made some
people have an orgasm when they yawned.

A friend of mine had a similar reaction to the drug. She had an orgasm each
time she sneezed. When I asked what she was taking for it, she answered
“pepper”.

tomwho@pacbell.net

Issue no. 2139 published 20 June 1998

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