News tagged with 'Viagra , Sildenafil Citrate'

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine released a study last week blaming Viagra's link to heart attacks and strokes on the drug's tendency to cause platelets to aggregate. According to the study, which appears in the January 10 issue of the scientific journal Cell , Viagra elevates

A new warning has been added to the label of the impotence drug Viagra due to its association with fainting when used within four hours of taking an alpha-blocker, a group of medications used to treat high blood pressure and enlarged prostates. Because Viagra already lowers a user's blood pressure, researchers say it

Insufficient scientific evidence has led a New York appellate court to uphold a ruling that the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra does not contribute to heart disease. Several lawsuits had been filed against the drug's maker, Pfizer Inc., claiming Viagra caused heart attacks. The appeals court concluded that two tr

By the end of 2002, Bayer AG of Germany plans to introduce its version of Viagra called Vardenafil. Bayer claims that this drug will be a safer and more tolerable alternative to Viagra. Currently in phase III of clinical trials, Vardenafil is being tested on 3,000 men. In phase II, Vardenafil was tested on 600 men in

Doctors in Hong Kong are becoming increasingly aware of the black market availability for Viagra. These doctors warn of the dangers of buying the drug from black market buyers, explaining that impotence is often a sign that some other medical condition exists. Without a proper exam from a doctor, many patients will n

Three new studies on Pfizer's wonder drug Viagra show that men who have heart conditions may still use the medication. After the Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra in 1998, it received several reports that men who used the drug had experienced heart attacks. Cardiologists believed that this was due to the f

Viagra has had much success since its arrival into the medical marketplace three years ago. Many men have found that Viagra gives their sexual relationship the added boost that it was previously missing. Some women, however, are complaining about the drug. These women see Viagra as the catalyst for their husbands' af