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Biotech / Medical : PFE (Pfizer) How high will it go? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Marshall Teitelbaum who wrote (780)	3/29/1998 4:36:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

>>Many people may not realize just how much of a market may exist in psychiatric practices, as well. The ssri antidepressants in particular, such as prozac, zoloft, paxil, and luvox, very commonly cause sexual side effects, ranging from libido to impotence to anorgasmia. There are a large % of people who respond nicely to the antidepressant but obviously don't want to give up their sex lives, so other meds are often tried for treating the depression or other meds are used to attempt to counteract the side effect, such as periactin, wellbutrin(actually another antidepressant and also known as zyban), etc. However, if viagra helps those with trouble maintaining arousal, it will be a huge help for these people. There will be quite a few people using this medicine combo if so....imagine the chagrin of pfizer to have zoloft and viagra used simultaneously!!! Now if the patient only had allergies and could throw in some zyrtec, they'd be all set.<< You kidding right? Why not put the whole world on something so you can make money on curing problems caused by that? The hype on this thread is worse than the hype in the media. Man some real sick people here. No I am not short, I woudnt bet against moronic judgements of so many.

To: Marshall Teitelbaum who wrote (780)	3/29/1998 1:34:00 PM
From: John R. Sashko	Respond to of 9523

Marshall, Agree, drug-induced ED is just another example of a patient population which will benefit from Viagra. Also, this is not limited to SSRI's(antihypertensives, etc..). Insurance companies are creative when they find ways not to pay for expensive medication. They classify onychomycosis as a cosmetic problem so they don't have to pay for Lamisil/Sporanox. I believe insurance will pay for Viagra but will probably require authorization like the injections. John