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Lipitor - The Human Cost
Lipitor, a cholesterol lowering drug made by Pfizer and sold to millions of health conscious but ill informed patients, is one of the most profitable drugs the pharmaceutical industry has ever come up with. Sales account for a quarter of Pfizer's $ 3 ...

What Do You Need to Know About Levitra
Viagra is now not the sole cure to impotence. A number of medications have come up that claim to curb this disease called erectile dysfunction. These drugs belong to the class of PDE-5 inhibitors. The drugs promise effects like increased blood flow t ...

Viagra can help the young and breathless
Until now Viagra (sildefanil) has been used mainly to correct the common problem of impotence in older men panting away in bed. But now it has a new medicinal purpose, for which it will be renamed Revatio. It will also acquire a new shape and colour ...

Viagra makes flowers stand up straight
Viagra (sildenafil citrate) is good not only for treating male impotence. Israeli and Australian researchers have discovered that small concentrations of the drug dissolved in a vase of water can also double the shelf life of cut flowers, making them ...

Viagra and rationing
The inability of Britain’s government to come to terms with rationing is exposed by this week’s “interim guidance” that doctors should not prescribe sildenafil (Viagra) (pp 000, 000).12 The government should use this opportunity to lead the debate th ...

AANA Warns Viagra Users of
The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) advises Viagra users to exercise caution and common sense and not take this popular impotence treatment for at least 24 hours before surgery. ...

Britney, Viagra Top Year-End Lists
Coincidence or conspiracy? Britney Spears tops Google's list of popular queries for 2003, and Viagra ranks Number One on America Online's 2003 "Top Ten Spam E-Mail Subject Lines," the online giants reported in respective year-end lists. ...

Pfizer, Microsoft Aim to Deflate Viagra Spam
Viagra-maker Pfizer has teamed with Microsoft to file a total of 17 lawsuits targeting people who allegedly advertised or sold what they claimed to be the erectile dysfunction drug. ...

Viagra Now Being Increasingly Used as a Recreational Drug By Younger Men: Is Pfizer Responsible?
new study is showing that recreational use of Viagra is growing rapidly in men under 45 years of age. From 1998 to 2002, the use of Viagra in men under forty-five tripled, says the study, which looked at 5 million insured American males. What this st ...

`How one man sought an Impotence cure and found one`
This is a report from Viagra's front lines. It is from a married man in his early 50s--a friend of this writer who has tried out Pfizer's new impotence drug. Call him X; he does not want his name used. And call him grateful; Viagra worked for him. Is ...

Microsoft and Pfizer After Viagra Spammers
Pfizer (Quote, Chart) and Microsoft (Quote, Chart) have filed parallel lawsuits against two international pharmacy rings hawking generic versions of the pharmaceutical giant's erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. ...

The Viagra Myth
It was quite exciting at the time, but afterwards I felt a vague sense of dissatisfaction. Perhaps I was expecting too much from a big, shiny hardback, but The Viagra Myth by Abraham Morgentaler didn't quite match up to my expectations. ...

Viagra: A Tale of Two Pills
Ever since the FDA's April approval of Viagra, the little blue pill giving insurance companies a headache, the media have been infatuated with male impotence and its potential cure. U.S. pharmacists dispensed more than 215,000 Viagra prescriptions wi ...

Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra?
So you have decided that you are going to buy a PDE-5 inhibitor to treat your erectile dysfunction problem, but you are not sure which one would be right for you. The three that you have to choose from are Viagra (sildenafil, Pfizer), Cialis (tadalaf ...

Giants to tackle Viagra spam ring
Software giant Microsoft and the world's biggest drug company Pfizer are getting into bed together to combat an internet Viagra spam ring. ...

New 'sex pills' may put heat on Viagra
Viagra, the little blue pill that has dominated the male impotence market in the United States since its launch in 1998, will be getting some competition soon. ...

Viagra And Cialis May Be Linked Increased Risk Of Optic Nerve Damage For Men With Cardiovascular Problems
Viagra and Cialis, the drugs used to treat impotency, may be associated with an increased risk of optic nerve damage in men with a history of heart attack or high blood pressure, suggests a small study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. ...

Viagra can cause permanent vision loss in some men, University of Minnesota Researchers say
Ophthalmologists at the University of Minnesota say that a condition that causes permanent vision loss has been diagnosed in a small group of men who have taken the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. The condition, nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropat ...

'Viagra 'reduces heart stress''
Viagra has been shown to be effective in inhibiting the effects on the heart of a drug which mimics the symptoms of stress, reported seven newspapers (25 October 2005). The reports were based on the results of a trial conducted in healthy volunteers, ...

Cross-Gender Sex Pill
Irwin Goldstein could hardly wait for the FDA to approve Viagra. The renowned Boston University urologist is so excited about last week's approval of the first-ever impotence pill for men that he is opening a new sexual-dysfunction clinic, and will s ...

The Other Side of Viagra: Turn Off for Some Women?
Millions of men have been able to enjoy sex again thanks to the famous little blue pill, Viagra. For years it was assumed that a man's rejuvenated sex life would be happily shared by his partner. But in a series of recent studies, researchers are not ...

It is Okay to Talk About Viagra
There are a lot of men out there who need help with a very personal problem, but they are afraid to do anything about it. This is because the topic of erectile dysfunction is about as terrifying to face as an appointment with a divorce lawyer, so the ...

Zenegra Generic Viagra - an Erectile Dysfunction Treatment
Viagra is the brand name of Pfizer pharmaceutical company and Zenegra is also the brand name that we have for generic Viagra (sildenafil citrate). The active ingredients are the same in both Zenegra Generic Viagra and Viagra therefore Zenegra generic ...

Levitra: New Impotence Drug Christened
Sept. 23, 2002 -- The long-awaited competitor to Viagra -- christened Levitra today -- inches its way to final FDA approval. Two early studies suggest it's longer lasting, has fewer side effects, and is safe for virtually everyone, including those wi ...

Viagra's the top party pill now
The drug intended to reclaim sex for the over 60s is now the number one party pill for the under 30s. Viagra has become popular with partygoers, who combine it with other drugs to ensure they have a good night at the end of the night. ...

The Latest Treatments For Erectile Dysfunction
Since the advent and commercial availability of Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra®) in 1998, the market for treatments for erectile dysfunction has grown to become worth about $2 billion worldwide per annum. That is now projected to grow to $4 billion per y ...

Viagra may Restore Brain Damage due to Liver Failure
Scientists through the ages have been trying to solve the baffling puzzle behind liver failure leading to brain damage. But a new research using Viagra has come up with certain revelations that can uncover the whole mystery. Scientists used laborator ...

Pfizer to tag Viagra with RFID to control fakes
In an effort to prevent counterfeiting, Pfizer said it has started to ship Viagra bottles in the U.S. that feature radio chips under the labels. Pharmacists with the proper equipment can read the chip and check the electronic product code stored on i ...

Viagra gives wildlife a boost
The success of the anti-impotence drug Viagra has drastically reduced the demand for wild animal body parts used in traditional cures for impotence, a new analysis shows. ...

Italian horses given Viagra boost
Italian police have seized 80 race horses which had been given performance-enhancing drugs, including male potency booster Viagra. ...