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But the message from the pictures on the Web site, in magazine ads, and from people like Rafael Palmiero is that everyone, whatever their age, at one time or another, can use a little enhancement; and any deviation from perfect erectile function means a diagnosis of ED and treatment with Viagra.

Increasingly, the age profile of men using Viagra reflects the younger audience that Pfizer denies it is targeting.

Between 1998 and 2002 the group showing the largest increase in Viagra use was men between the ages of 18 and 45, and only one-third of these men had a possible etiologic reason for needing Viagra [ 12].

Economic and Social Implications of the Expanding Market for Lifestyle Drugs. Drug companies have identified lifestyle drugs as a “growth market.” The problems that they are designed to treat are easily self-diagnosed—we can all see if we are bald or fat—and as the baby boomers age, the population looking to these drugs will continue to grow.

Drug companies, driven by profit, go where the money is.

Because of the potential size of the market for Viagra, paying for it in unlimited quantities will be very expensive. If we believe the prophets of technology, soon there will be drugs for memory enhancement and the possibility of genetic manipulation to make us taller or to keep a full head of hair.

Do we accept our limitations with grace, or is it legitimate to seek technological solutions for them?

In one corner is the view of health as freedom from disease,

where

If we accept this view, then are we not obliged to provide for people who want sildenafil teva 50 mg buy online to enhance themselves so that they can achieve mental and social well-being? This debate is further complicated because there is not an equal balance in how we look at the options of accepting limitations and seeking enhancement.

In a market-driven world, the money is in promoting enhancements, not in accepting limitations.

The ad featuring the man who chooses not to accept even occasional erection problems is one example of how commercial pressures bias the debate [ 14]. Because of the possibility that large numbers of men would request Viagra from their doctors, getting insurance companies to pay for Viagra presented Pfizer with special problems. Early on, Kaiser Permanente refused to cover Viagra for its 9 million members because of costs expected to be in the range of US$100 million per year [ 11].

According to one interpretation, reactions from insurers such as Kaiser Permanente were the reason that Pfizer put in place a US$35 million campaign to change insurers' decisions [ 11].

Another goal of Pfizer's campaign was to make ED an acceptable topic for public discourse, in order to remove the stigma sildenafil online price attached to it and increase the possibility that third parties would provide coverage. Viagra presents a microcosm of the debate surrounding drugs that enhance lifestyle choices. The drug is effective and safe for people with medical problems warranting treatment, but it also can be used by a much wider population.

The company that manufactures the drug, recognizing that the

potential

Pfizer's well-financed campaign was aimed at raising awareness of the problem of ED, while at the same time narrowing the treatment possibilities to just a single option: medication. Having succeeded in turning Viagra into a consumer product, Pfizer then turned its attention to payers in order to reap the benefits of the expanded market.

Ultimately, there must be a debate about how limited resources for health care should be spent and who should make those decisions. Are men who seek to enhance their normal sexual function “worthy” enough to have their treatment paid for? If we pay for

drugs

Now is the time to start preparing for how we will deal with the inevitable explosion of drugs and other interventions that can make us “better than well” [ 16]. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the most common conditions affecting middle-aged and older men. Nearly every primary care physician, internist and geriatrician will be sildenafil citrate tablets 200mg price called upon to manage this condition or to make referrals to urologists, endocrinologists and cardiologists who will assist in the treatment of ED. This article will briefly discuss the diagnosis and management of ED.

In addition, emerging concepts in ED management will be discussed, such as the use of testosterone to treat ED, the role of the endothelium in men with ED and treating the partner of the man with ED. Finally, future potential therapies for ED will be discussed. erectile dysfunction endothelial dysfunction testosterone testosterone deficiency androgen deficiency testosterone replacement cardiovascular disease stem cells gene therapy. erectile dysfunction endothelial dysfunction testosterone testosterone deficiency androgen deficiency testosterone replacement cardiovascular disease stem cells gene therapy.

Nearly every primary care physician, internist and geriatrician now understand that many older men retain an interest in sexual activity as they age. Some primary care physicians think that sexual potency in older men is the norm, and that if it is lacking, it is ‘all in the head.’ This viewpoint has not been supported by current literature. The Massachusetts Male Aging Study (MMAS) found that 52% of men between 40 and 70 years old reported having some form of erectile dysfunction (ED).1 The reality is that ED sildenafil prices at walmart is a natural part of ageing and that the prevalence increases with age.

In the MMAS, they found that roughly 50% of men at 50 years old, 60% of men at 60 years old and 70% of men at 70 years old

had

Thus, nearly all men who live long enough should

develop

Aspects of an ageing man’s lifestyle and behaviour and androgen deficiency, most often decreasing testosterone levels, may affect sexual function as well. A study of men between the ages of 30 and 79 years showed that 24% had testosterone levels below 300 ng/dL and 5.6% had symptomatic androgen deficiency.2. The percentage of men who engage in some form of sexual activity decreases

from

A study by Lindau and colleagues3 that examined sexuality in older Americans showed that 50% of the men in a probability sample of more than 3000 US adults reported at least one bothersome sexual problem and 33% had at least two such problems.3 This article will review the normal changes that occur with ageing, factors that influence these changes, individual variations and perspectives, and the available treatment options for ED and androgen deficiency.

Impotence treatments were discussed in the oldest Chinese text, The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, which describes traditional Chinese medicine during the time of the Yellow Emperor’s rule which ended around 2600 BC.

One of the treatments for impotence discussed is a potion with 22 ingredients.4. Nearly 1000 years later, the Egyptian Papyrus Ebers, a medical Egyptian document dated 1600 BC, describes a cure for impotence in which baby crocodile hearts were mixed with wood oil and applied topically to the penis.4.

In 1973, Dr Brantley Scott from Baylor College of Medicine reported on the implantable inflatable prosthesis viagra tablet 50 mg price that urologists still use today.5.

The major breakthrough occurred in 1998 when sildenafil became the first oral drug to be approved to treat ED.4 This was followed by the

use

As with most other organ system in the human body, changes and loss of function is normal consequence of the ageing process.