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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gene Voss who wrote (5676)	2/26/1998 5:33:00 PM
From: Richard Singer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

<<SYCAMORE:Topically applied versions are a dream that won't be approved. This entire ED debate has deteriorated into a snake oil deal......>> Let's get it right, Gene!! Macrochem's ED product, TOPIGLAN, is definitely NOT...I repeat NOT a snake OIL........TOPIGLAN is a snake GEL. My snake gel purchase, nevertheless, has needless to say,been more satisfying than my most recent VVUS transaction. However, I am still long VVUS, and patiently awaiting new, positive developments. Richard

To: Gene Voss who wrote (5676)	2/26/1998 11:57:00 PM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Gene, amazing. Snake gel,....snake oil band wagon. It is amazing how gullible people are. A skin cream for every season.... when you and I know that mucosal absorption is always faster/better than skin absorption because the mucosa ( including the urethral mucosa ) has no corneal epithelial barrier like the skin to slow absorption......; when you and I know that when somebody gets anginal chest pain they reach immediately for their sublingual ( i.e. mucosal ) Nitroglycerin or their ( mucosal ) Nitroglycerin spray........they do N O T reach for their transdermal Nitroglycerin even though we have a zillion preparations of those from plain cream to a cream in a patch. Amazing..... what lack of pharmacological and anatomical knowledge conjures up in the fertile mind / imagination...... (PS forgot to mention that there are special urethral - corpora cavernosa channels that have been discovered (which DrTom Lue describes in his monograph on Vivus ( you can get it from the company ), which further speeds up/enhances MUSE absorption. On the other hand buying some snake oil gel maybe more fun than going to Vegas? What do gamblers out there think?Let us know...... TA