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12/28 Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan … a way to meet the informant's personal needs in a way that keeps him firmly on your side but leaves little or no visible trace … Western drugs such as Viagra were just part of a long list of enticements available for use in special cases …[Washington Post]
Synopsis: CIA operatives have been using Viagra as a bribe to get Afgan warlords to share information regarding Taliban insurgents.  The CIA likes to use Viagra because it is discrete, cheaper than cash and unlike money, recipients are not likely to be discovered; 900 words; newspaper article.

12/24 Gaza Tunnels to Egypt for IPods, Viagra Foil Blockade … goods that come through the tunnels include livestock, cement, steel rods, refrigerators and computer screens, along with Coca-Cola, cigarettes and pharmaceuticals such as the erectile-dysfunction drug, Viagra …[Bloomberg]
Synopsis: Viagra (along with other pharmaceuticals is one of the products that residents of Gaza smuggle into their  locations by using underground tunnels that link Gaza to Egypt; 1116 words; media report; human interest.

11/24 Pfizer Withdraws 'Non-Prescription' Status Application For Viagra In EU - Update … withdrawn the application to convert Viagra 50 mg to 'non-prescription' status in the European Union from the present 'prescription only' … [NASDAQ]
Synopsis: Pfizer had been trying to have the European Union regulatory authority let Viagra be available without a prescription.  Making it available without a prescription would have meant a large boost in sales (an estimated 30% increase).  It became obvious that there was no way Viagra would be approved as a non-prescription so Pfizer dropped the issue; 275 words; lay media report.

11/24 Anti-doping agency may ban Viagra … Viagra  is suspected of dilating blood vessels in athletes and unduly increasing oxygen-carrying capacity, giving them an unfair competitive advantage … it (Viagra) allows you to compete with a sea level, or near-sea level, aerobic capacity at altitude …[ Times Of India]
Synopsis: The world anti-doping agency is considering evidence that athletes who take Viagra have an advantage over their peers -- scientists suspect that Viagra increases the amount of oxygen in the blood, thereby allowing athletes to not get tired as fast as athletes who are not taking Viagra; 231 words; lay media report.
See Also: Viagra Relieves Pulmonary Hypertension

11/24 Boy, 2, Takes Viagra Everyday to Survive … Britain's youngest regular Viagra user, having taken the drug -- for up to six times a day -- for the past 30 months … Calvin has pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare condition that causes his blood pressure to be dangerously high. This starves his lungs of oxygen-rich blood …[ Sun Online]
Synopsis: A British boy takes Viagra to battle pulmonary hypertension; without it he would die; 230 words' lay media report.

11/21 Health Ministry says it would consider application to make Viagra a nonprescription drug … f the Pfizer pharmaceutical company asked for permission to market Viagra - the erectile dysfunction (anti-impotency) drug - without a doctor's prescription, the Health Ministry's pharmaceutical division will consider it, chief pharmacist Batya Haran told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday …[Jerusalem Post]
Synopsis:  Israeli drugs regulatory official, Batya Haran, said he would be willing to discuss allowing Viagra to be sold over-the-counter in Israel if Pfizer asked, but he didn't say what the ultimate outcome of such a request would be.  Mr. Haran also stated that  Isreal will not be the first country to allow OTC Viagra sales.  The article goes on to imply that making Viagra available without a prescription would thwart sales of potentially dangerous unauthorized copies or counterfeit Viagra that people buy on the internet  without a doctor's prescription; 688 words; lay media report.

11/1 Viagra Stands Firm Against Muscular Dystrophy … People with muscular dystrophy tire after even light exercise. Now a study suggests that the exhaustion is caused by an enzyme that is missing from the muscle cell membrane, and the results point to a possible treatment for the condition: Viagra …[ ScienceNow.com]
Synopsis: Scientists theorize that Viagra and similar compounds have the ability to re-energize muscle tissue because of the ability Viagra has to regulate the synthesis of nitric oxide.  Scientists think that one day, compounds like Viagra can help patients with muscular dystrophy; 631 words; very early data.

10/27 Are Pfizer and Lilly's ED Drugs Suffering from the Economic Slowdown? Viagra sales went up 13 percent from the third quarter of last year to the third quarter of this year. Not only that, but U.S. revenue from the little blue pill climbed sequentially (from the second quarter of this year to the third quarter) from $199 million to $236 million …[CNBC]
Synopsis: Even the economy is hurting and ther are many layoffs and a weak stock market, sales of Viagra and Cialis are increasing; in fact, Viagra has recently had a price increase.  Men consider these products essential; they will curb spending money on other things before they do without Viagra and Cialis; 393 words; blog posting.

10/22/08 Doctors ignoring impotence as heart risk-expert … Men with erectile dysfunction carry a 50 percent higher risk of heart problems, a level comparable to moderate smoking, but doctors do not look out for the problem in people at risk …[Reuters]
Synopsis: Many doctors are not knowledgable that there is strong medical evidence that indicates erectile dysfunction is a strong indicator of impending heart attack; when patients ask for a prescription of Viagra, the doctors see it as a lifestyle issue when they should open their eyes to the fact that the patient may be at risk of serious cardiovascular disease; 294 words; brief report; newwswire.
See Also: Erectile dysfunction predicts cardiovascular risk in men … Erectile dysfunction may be the first signal of what could be an impending heart attack for patients not known to have cardiovascular disease … Erectile dysfunction appeared two to three years before coronary symptoms in almost all patients …[MedPageToday]
Synopsis: Erectile dysfunction is a good marker for cardiovascular disease.  If you look at a group of men with heart attacks , most of them complained of erectile dysfunction 2 -3 years before their heart attack; 530 words; brief report; medical journal.
See Also:Erectile Dysfunction May Be Earliest Warning of Heart Disease (7/06)

10/14/08 'King of Viagra' jailed for fraud … sold thousands of counterfeit impotence tablets to customers via the web … The fake Viagra tablets were mostly sold through the internet, with as many as 200 orders being placed everyday … were coated in blue paint which was coming off …[BBC.com]
Synopsis: A 34-year-old British Medical doctor (a Mexican national with an American passport) was sentenced to three years in prison and fined several million dollars for his role in a conspiracy that sold fake Viagra tablets on the internet.  The doctor sold as many as 200 orders per day netting him large profits.  Court documents revealed that customers experienced side effects such as headaches and nausea.  The article points out the danger of buying Viagra on the internet; the conspiracy employed a Finnish P.O. Box as a return address to thwart  the efforts of disgruntled customers and law enforcement to find out where the fake pills were actually coming from; 528 words; media report; includes image of genuine British Viagra package of 4 x 50mg tablets

10/13/08 W. Babylon man's 'Viagra' missile lands him in trouble … former Israeli Army sergeant's latest project - taking a 25-foot-long replica missile emblazoned with the words "Viva Viagra" on a tour of midtown Manhattan last month - has landed him in hot water … Pfizer's lawyers took notice and slapped him with a lawsuit, citing trademark infringement …[Newsday.com]
Synopsis: A Long Island publicity seeker fashioned a replica missile out of discarded aircraft parts and painted the Viagra logo and The Viagra slogan (Viva Viagra) on it.  Then he drove it down New York City's 42nd street in front of Pfizer's headquarters.  Pfizer didn't think it was fully.  The went to court to make him stop doing this and they are suing him for trademark infringement; includes comments from the man's neighbors; 657 words; media report; full text.

10/7/08 The effects of sildenafil citrate (Viagra) on uterine blood flow and well being in the intrauterine growth-restricted fetus … CONCLUSION: Sildenafil does not improve UBF or fetal well being in SUAL-induced IUGR pregnancies and should be used with caution in IUGR and healthy pregnancies because of its detrimental effects on uteroplacental perfusion and on the fetus …[ Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Oct 7]
Synopsis: Scientists wanted to see if Viagra would increase uterine blood flow and improve oxygenation in the blood of pregnant animals (in this case they used sheep).  The experiment determined that silendafil (the scientific name for Viagra)  did not have beneficial effects regarding interuterine blood flow or well being.  In fact the fetal sheep experienced low blood pressure and increased heart rate (tachcardia); 211 words; scientific study; abstract of.

9/29/08  Men too shy to visit their GP can now get Viagra online … Although online pharmacies offering diagnosis or dispensing services already exist, Lloyds claims that its website will be the first reputable source for the drugs that is open to scrutiny by regulators … [Times Olnine UK]
Synopsis:  A British company claims it will be the first government regulated Viagra online  pharmacy in Britain.  It claims this will cut down on the sale of fake or counterfeit Viagra; Patients will need to answer an online survey, the results of which will be sent to a doctor for evaluation.  If appropriate, a prescription will be issued and the Viagra will be mailed to the patient; mentions Pfizer's push to have Viagra become available without a prescription in an effort to boost sales; 991 words; media report.

9/29/08 Horny Goat Weed may offer Viagra alternative-study … researchers modified a compound in the plant called icariin and found it blocked the erection-inhibiting enzyme as well as Viagra did … cariin is present in the horny goat weed in large amounts and its activity against (the enzyme) is lower compared to Viagra …[Reuters]
Synopsis: Basic research conducted in the laboratory; was not conducted on patients.  Horny goat weed  was found to have a Viagra-like effect in the test tube; more research is needed; 425 words; media report.
See Also: Horny Goat Weed Shows Promise for ED …[WebMD]

9/15/08 Game Over: FDA Cracks Down on Viagra Online Push … only company sent a "warning letter" for digital marketing by the Federal Drug Administration, asking it to stop airing an online video …[AdWeek]
Synopsis: Pfizer was using an online video game known as Via Viagra to help market Viagra.  FDA forced them to discontinue this practice; includes criticism regarding other online Viagra advertising; 754 words; media report.
See Also: Pfizer Courting More Controversy with Viagra 'Advergaming' … [Bnet]

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