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Viagra faces stiff competition
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Posted on 08/20/2003 10:13:48 AM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ed; fda
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To: adx; Lazamataz
PS I'm doing a-okay in this particular department, so I don't need any pharmecutical help. And like every man, you gotta let us know this. ROTFL!
To: adx
PS I'm doing a-okay in this particular department, so I don't need any pharmecutical help.Anyone who feels the need to mention that has got gravity problems. ;^)
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:13:58 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I'm pretending I'm pulling in a TROUT! Am I doing it correctly?)
To: adx
b) would JimRob really appreciate us turning this thread into a porno mag? :-) Especially one that could too easily be construed as being for those of the, ah, non-heterosexual persuasion?
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:14:21 AM PDT
by
adx
(Will produce tag lines for beer)
To: adx
This may fall into the category of too much info.
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:14:40 AM PDT
by
cjshapi
To: Stew Padasso
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:14:56 AM PDT
by
SC DOC
To: 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.)A man who feels confident enough to admit this is a Real Man.
My hat's off to ya.
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:15:15 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I'm pretending I'm pulling in a TROUT! Am I doing it correctly?)
To: Lazamataz
hurtzavulva?
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:15:50 AM PDT
by
ThinkingMan
(How's my posting? Call 1-800-UR-RIGHT)
To: Cathryn Crawford; Lazamataz
Okay, I think I better go now, for my own health. Laughing so hard I'm getting hiccups while drinking tea here......
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:15:59 AM PDT
by
adx
(Will produce tag lines for beer)
To: cjshapi
This may fall into the category of too much info.I haven't BEGUN to give information yet. You just wait for "TMI"!!! :o)
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:16:22 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I'm pretending I'm pulling in a TROUT! Am I doing it correctly?)
To: Lazamataz
It could just be the antonym of this, could it?
90
posted on
08/20/2003 11:16:45 AM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Go ahead, make my day and re-state the obvious! Again!)
To: adx; Lazamataz
Okay, I think I better go now, for my own health. Laughing so hard I'm getting hiccups while drinking tea here...... Don't choke! Oh...never mind...
To: Lazamataz
Stiffintall?
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:17:31 AM PDT
by
TexasNative2000
(The joy of the Lord is my strength.)
To: ThinkingMan
hurtzavulva?Laughing in spite of myself.
I remember, every time they mentioned "Hertzagovinia" in Bosnia, I always thought to myself, "What's a Govinia?"
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:17:47 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I'm pretending I'm pulling in a TROUT! Am I doing it correctly?)
To: Cathryn Crawford
Don't choke! Oh...never mind...Better tell him not to look down. No point in losing his other eye. :o)
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:18:29 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I'm pretending I'm pulling in a TROUT! Am I doing it correctly?)
To: Lazamataz
"I haven't BEGUN to give information yet"
Oh go ahead. I need some entertainment today.
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:19:33 AM PDT
by
cjshapi
To: TexasNative2000
Stiffintall?Not bad. But I still favor Coxthrobin. It sounds like a real medicine, y'know?
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:20:12 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I'm pretending I'm pulling in a TROUT! Am I doing it correctly?)
To: cjshapi
Oh go ahead. I need some entertainment today.Okay. You ever seen an Electron Tunneling Microscope....?
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:20:59 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I'm pretending I'm pulling in a TROUT! Am I doing it correctly?)
To: Lazamataz
Better tell him not to look down. No point in losing his other eye. :o) I was watching SNL the other day and they were talking about auto-erotic asphyxiation. That's what prompted the choking thought...sorry. :-)
To: Lazamataz
if they could develop the same product in an ointment:
"sheils cream"
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:21:42 AM PDT
by
ThinkingMan
(How's my posting? Call 1-800-UR-RIGHT)
To: Lazamataz
Unfortunately no. Enlighten me please.
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:21:45 AM PDT
by
cjshapi
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