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Witness last year's unprecedented decision by Frank Dobson, Mr Milburn's predecessor, to restrict the use of the anti-impotence drug Viagra.
According to the all-knowing site How Stuff Works, Viagra users will only get an erection if a man is sexually stimulated.
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The RPS scheme cannot outlaw disreputable sites, or the unwanted emails offering cut-price deals on medicines such as the anti-impotence drug Viagra.
Neurontin, for epilepsy and neuropathic pain, Zithromax, for bacterial infections, Zyrtec, for allergies, and Viagra, for sexual dysfunction, all grew at double-digit rates.
Pfizer Ltd, manufacturers of the drug, attacked a health service circular issued last September advising doctors not to prescribe Viagra, unless in exceptional circumstances.
In November Palatin unveiled results of tests on 271 older, impotent men: The drug was 75% effective and produced no more side effects than Viagra.
The researchers urge any patient who has endured a sudden severe loss of vision, and has been prescribed Viagra or Cialis, to contact a doctor.
The BMA applauded the government's decision to refer its plans for Viagra for consultation with patients and health workers and for tackling the rationing issue.
The New York-based drug giant filed a lawsuit last year in the U.S.District Court inDelaware, alleging both Cialis and Levitra infringe a recent Viagra "method-of-use" patent.
Researchers behind the studies say Uprima may eventually be able to be used in combination with Viagra to offer relief to a wider group of patients.
That is despite existing NHS guidance saying there "appears to be no clinical reason to restrict the number of tablets" of Viagra prescribed to an individual.
The company does have a promising pipeline, however, including Vardenafil, an anti-impotence drug with fewer side effects than Viagra, expected to go on sale next year.
The Department of Health has issued a temporary block on the prescription of Viagra on the NHS, saying it should only be prescribed in exceptional circumstances.
In fact, under these conditions Viagra caused the platelets to clump together at concentrations well below those found in patients prescribed the drug as an impotence treatment.
So far, among the 23 million men worldwide who have taken Viagra, the FDA has received only 50 or so case reports about the drug causing NAION.
It will rise still higher if the doctors and chemists decide that Viagra has a similar use for women (who are apparently as sexually dysfunctional as men).
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Pfizer has asserted that it has patents covering the chemical path by which Viagra works--so far without having an effect on the profitability of rivals Levitra or Cialis.
In the UK in November 2004, Allan Valentine was imprisoned for manufacturing fake Diazepam and Viagra in his Wembley warehouse where Indian tablet presses and chemicals were found.
On October 22nd, Pfizer won a new, broad patent on Viagra, its anti-impotence drug, in America and sued Lilly to block the launch of Cialis, its longer-lasting alternative.
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And for some mighty companies: Though Charles River is coy about its clients, it is thought to have helped in the development of Pfizer's Viagra and Schering-Plough's Claritin.
Way out in the wild blue the cell phone doesn't work, babysitting is not an option and one presumes they can compare notes on pension benefits and Viagra.
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It is important that those taking Viagra are under medical care as there are potential side effects and dangers if the person is taking other drugs containing nitrates.
An account of seven new cases of NAION in patients who had recently taken Viagra were published recently in the Journal of Neurological Ophthalmology, apparently kick-starting the current discussion.
An editorial in the same journal points out that some patients with impaired eyesight as a result of NAION have reportedly decided to sue Pfizer, the manufacturers of Viagra.
Mr Pope told me that he has not prescribed Viagra on the NHS, but has used it for a handful of private patients with about a two-thirds success rate.
Another study, presented Friday, showed that the drug can start working in as little as 15 minutes for some patients, as compared to 30 minutes to an hour for Viagra.
In August Viagra snagged more than a million U.S. prescriptions for the third consecutive month, up from only 800, 000 to 900, 000 prescriptions a month last fall, according to IMS Health.
Doctors believe the furore around Viagra has caused much interest in new impotence treatments and will soon mean there will be a wide range of easy-to-take options in on offer.
The government put restrictions on the NHS prescription of Viagra because it feared a rush for the drug would create huge expense, a High Court judge was told on Tuesday.
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