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Viagra Gum? Drug Makers Get Busy as Generics Near

Matt Cantor — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:57:05 CDT

Viagra’s chemical patent expires next year, likely opening the playing field to cheaper generic versions of the pill—and in a $5 billion industry, the makers of the erectile dysfunction drug are racing to stay ahead of the competition. Pfizer recently began selling a chewable form of Viagra in Mexico,...

Viagra Poppers Have Higher STD Risk

M. Morris — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:08:36 CDT

Viagra and Cialis users are far more likely to contract sexually transmitted diseases than men who don't take ED meds, BusinessWeek reports . Using analysis of insurance records for 1.4 million men over 40, researchers found patients on ED drugs were 2.8 times more likely to be treated for...

Michael Douglas on Married Life: Hello, Viagra

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:54:08 CST

Michael Douglas is officially old: The 65-year-old actor comes clean about the challenges of keeping up with his 40-year-old wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and the assist he gets from Viagra and Cialis. He also tells AARP The Magazine about his 31-year-old son, in jail on a drug charge; his upcoming film...

New Erectile Dysfunction Cure: Shockwaves

Harry Kimball — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:45:25 CST

Sure, Viagra works, but you’ve got to keep taking it. In the quest for a more permanent solution, Israeli scientists have hit upon an unusual idea: shockwaves. The application of low-energy waves to the penis helped men for at least 3 months. The treatment is intended for those whose issues...

Bill Would Keep ED Ads Off TV at Most Hours

Nick McMaster — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:01:01 CDT

A bill proposed in the House would ban advertising for drugs to treat erectile dysfunction from airing in the daytime and prime time, the Hill reports. The “Families for ED Advertising Decency Act” would confine such “indecent” advertising to between 10pm and 6am. Under the bill, the makers of drugs...

'Little Blue Pill' is 10 Years Old

Peter Fearon — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:00:00 CDT

The little blue pill that rescued the sex lives and saved marriages of couples worldwide is 10 years old this month. Viagra, which has been used by some 35 million men, moved the treatment of impotence out of the shadows to lead a multi-billion-dollar industry. The drug has also triggered...

Viagra Linked to Hearing Loss

Peter Fearon — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:20:35 CDT

Add hearing loss to the list of potential side effects of Viagra and other drugs to treat sexual dysfunction. The federal Food and Drug Administration will add a warning about the risk to the labels of Viagra, Cialis, Levitra and a hypertension drug, Revatio, which contains the same ingredient as...

Spider Venom the New Viagra

Max Brallier — Wed, 16 May 2007 07:31:32 CDT

Men with erectile dysfunction may get an assist, believe it or not, from the Brazillian wandering spider—also dubbed the banana spider for its propensity to hide in bunches of the fruit. Researchers at Johns Hopkins have isolated a compound in the spider's deadly saliva that causes erections, der Spiegel...