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PFE 25.08-2.7%Nov 14 3:59 PM EST
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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (7299)3/26/1999 8:10:00 AM
From: BigKNY3  Read Replies (1) of 9523
 
Impotence treatment rules 'fail the poor'
Aisling Irwin Medical Correspondent

03/25/99
The Daily Telegraph

IMPOTENCE-sufferers launched a last attempt yesterday to persuade the Government to relax restrictions on the availability of Viagra and other impotence treatments - an issue which has split the medical profession.

The Government's temporary guidelines, which permit GPs to prescribe the treatments only for certain causes of impotence, were attacked as arbitrary and discriminating against the poor, in a meeting hosted by the Impotence Association.

GPs said that the Government's restrictions represented an attempt to undermine their clinical skill.

"The doctor's right - or privilege - of professional judgment has been taken away," Dr Ian Banks, spokesman on men's health for the British Medical Association, told the meeting at the House of Commons.

The group was attacking temporary guidelines produced by the Department of Health in response to fears that Viagra prescriptions would eat a huge hole in the limited NHS budget. The consultation period over these guidelines ends today.

Under the guidelines, a man with problems after surgery for prostate cancer would qualify for Viagra on prescription. But a man who had opted for radiotherapy for the same disease would not qualify.

Impotence caused by depression or heart disease would also not qualify for immediate NHS prescriptions.

Sufferers in these categories would have to be referred to a specialist first.
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