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Biotech / Medical : PFE (Pfizer) How high will it go?
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To: BigKNY3 who wrote (6428)12/5/1998 1:57:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong  Read Replies (1) of 9523
 
New 'Viagra drug' in RVH trials Impotence treatment pioneered
Thursday, December 3 1998

By Claire McGahan
Belfast Telegraph

A NEW drug, which it is hoped will succeed
impotence treatment breakthrough Viagra, is
being pioneered in Belfast.

The drug already being dubbed 'Son of Viagra' is
currently on trial at the Royal Victoria Hospital.

And it is hoped that although the side- effects of
the original Viagra are few the new version will
have even fewer side-effects again.

Viagra was seen as a major breakthough in the
treatment of impotence and has been in very high
demand since becoming available on a
prescription-only basis in Northern Ireland in
September.

Minor side-effects of Viagra can include flushing of
the face and headaches in about 10% of patients.

Today Dr Wallace Dinsmore, consultant physician
at the Royal Group of Hospitals, said the new
drug could prove even more successful that its
predecessor.

And although general availability could be years
down the line, it was already being tested on
impotent men in Belfast.

"We have just finished a first trial of the new drug
and a second is about to start," Dr Dinsmore
said.

"Although the side effects of the original Viagra
are very minor, the new drug will be a much more
selective one with fewer side- effects.

"Belfast is one of the first centres to be involved in
the tests.

"Belfast was also the first centre in the UK to
carry out multi-centre trials of Viagra in 1994,
which led to the production licence in the US and
more recently in September of this year in the
UK."Impotence affects up to 10% of sexually
active men in Northern Ireland.

It is thought that up to 250,000 men here could be
troubled with impotence at some stage in their
lives.

© Copyright Belfast Telegraph Newspapers Ltd.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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