Viagra for veterans has cost Ottawa about $600,000 over the past year, according to the ministry of veterans affairs.
Six years ago, federal officials decided to put the drug for erectile dysfunction on a list of medicines provided free to military veterans. Recipients are entitled to two pills per month and more than 2,000 have signed […]
Despite its advertised benefits, Viagra isn’t doing Rush Limbaugh any favors.
The radio pundit, currently serving 18 months of court supervision in his healdine-making prescription fraud case, was detained Monday at Palm Beach International Airport Monday after officials found a bottle of the little blue pills in Limbaugh’s luggage with someone else’s name on the […]
Sildenafil inhibits phosphodiestrase-5, an enzyme which degrades cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) a cell messenger that causes the blood vessels to relax. This allows greater vasodilation and greater blood flow. Although the drug works in different target sites, this study focused on the lungs.
All of the participants were “trained cyclistsâ€?, and performed a […]
Twelve Chinese pharmaceutical companies are appealing a court ruling that sides with Pfizer Inc. and prevents local drug makers from selling generic versions of Viagra, a state-run newspaper said Tuesday.
The companies filed the appeal Monday at Beijing’s High People’s Court, calling for the reversal of the June 5 decision by a lower court to uphold […]
June 10, 2006 — Rick Roberts knows first-hand about counterfeit drugs.
Roberts, an AIDS patient, questioned his pharmacist after injecting himself with a drug that was supposed to help him keep weight on. Almost immediately, he felt painful stinging. He soon found out that the medication was counterfeit.
“For me, the most present problem was not knowing […]
When you are running on the path of the life with full speed on the vehicle of success, you are ignoring your body and its need. While your body is a machine also want the fuel of regular exercise and also the healthy diet and also active sex, but the stress level that has been […]
A Chinese court has upheld Viagra-maker Pfizer’s patent for the anti-impotence pill, overturning a previous decision.
Most drugs sold as Viagra in China are counterfeit, and the ruling shows the country is prepared to get tougher on intellectual property rights violation.
In 2004, China’s patent review board sided with Chinese generic drug makers challenging Pfizer’s sildenafil […]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women with diabetes with sexual dysfunction may find that Viagra (sildenafil) improves arousal, orgasm and sexual enjoyment and decreases pain during intercourse, results of a small study suggest.
Diabetic women may experience sexual dysfunction due to vaginal dryness, discomfort, and other factors, Dr. Salvatore Caruso and associates, from the University […]
DUBAI — Shocking but true: The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Department of Dubai Customs has confiscated significant quantities of counterfeit medicine — including the commonly used drug Panadol. The operation was carried out in coordination with the UAE Ministry of Health.
Addressing a Press conference at the Dubai Customs office yesterday, Mohammed Matar Al Mari, Executive […]