Viagra faces stiff competition

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[Stew Padasso]

Watch Out, Viagra: FDA Approves Similar Drug Levitra Approved By 50 Countries

UPDATED: 10:08 a.m. EDT August 20, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved the sale of a second pill to treat erectile dysfunction.

It's called Levitra and it's in the same family as Viagra. Both work by targeting an enzyme important for maintaining an erection.

"In clinical trials, Levitra was shown to work quickly. More importantly, Levitra was shown to improve the sexual response for the majority of men the first time they took it, and it worked consistently over time," said Dr. Myron Murdock, a Levitra researcher.

Its appearance in pharmacies in the coming weeks is expected to spark a fierce battle in the billion-dollar-plus impotence market.

Roughly 30 million American men have some degree of impotence, but most do not seek medical therapy.

Levitra, produced by Bayer, has recently been selling in Europe and has been approved by 50 countries, according to the company. A third impotence pill -- Cialis -- has also won European approval and is expected to be in U.S. pharmacies later this year.

Like Viagra, Levitra is available only by prescription. It can be taken up to once a day, and it should not be prescribed to men who take nitrate-containing drugs or alpha blockers, which are sometimes prescribed for high blood pressure or prostate symptoms.

[Cathryn Crawford]

Coxthrobin.

You can have first runner up. :-)

[Revolting cat!]

Magnifyin?

[cjshapi]

Weeniewiltis?

[adx]

Dixcyrect?

[Lazamataz]

You can have first runner up. :-)

:o)

Kewl.

[New Horizon]

Well, that should only cost you about $9.00 a year. :-)

[wardaddy]

LOL....I knew Rocco Siffredi was a FReeper, I just knew it.

Has your English improved?

[Lazamataz]

Lottalimpitis?

Okay: LOL

[ko_kyi]

Ok. Do I get second-runner up for nonlimpetol?

[catpuppy]

Peniswillin

[cjshapi]

Tinydickitis?

[Lazamataz]

Dixcyrect?

Not bad! But you already have a first place, so -- although good -- this is just a Exhibition Game entry.

So to speak.

;^)

[Cathryn Crawford]

Gee, thanks!


My creative streak isn't too hot today. I'll probably think of a thousand replies when I wake up at three o'clock in the morning.

[najida]

Weinieworkin'

[Lazamataz]

Nah. I liked midyxaflaccid better.

[Revolting cat!]

Peniswillin

Now. that's the winner in my book for the generic drug name! But howz about a brand name:

Mrbigstuffin?

[Lazamataz]

Weinieworkin'

Good concept but ya gotta Medical-Name it up a bit. Weniwurkon. Something like that.

[ThinkingMan]

I would disagree with you on the pills being too expensive. The emotional toll that ed can take on a marriage is worth the price of the pills. (and yes, that is speaking from firsthand experience.)

[Destructor]

"So you are going to give blood for the well-being of women everywhere?"

I consider it my patriotic duty to keep America's boots knockin'!

[adx]

Not bad! But you already have a first place, so -- although good -- this is just a Exhibition Game entry.

Sorry, dude, but a)I don't have a digital camera handy to make a true exhibition entry, if you catch my drift, and b) would JimRob really appreciate us turning this thread into a porno mag? :-)

PS I'm doing a-okay in this particular department, so I don't need any pharmecutical help.