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To: BigKNY3 who wrote (6886)	4/13/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

<<Patient sees the add, patient makes appointment, patient gets Rx. This process should not take more than a week>> BigKNY3, Are you for real? I can see that scenario for Viagra on an individual who already has been worked up and diagnosed. A more realistic scenario: Patient sees add, sparks interest but does nothing. Two weeks pass, patient sees add again and decides to call Dr for appointment. One week later the patient gets into the general practitioner's office. Doctor is good--does not have a "let's write a quick prescription-next case attitude". Dr takes thorough history and physical exam. Since Dr knows that ED can be a symptom of other disease (eg diabetes) doctor decides to do CBC/chemistry panel/urinalysis/PSA tests. Some doctors don't even pull their own blood--so it may take even more time to make another appointment at a phlebotomy center. Another week passes and Dr. calls patient with test results. Results look OK so doctor refers patient to urologist for further evaluation. Patient calls urologist and gets appointment in 2 weeks. Patient sees urologist and urologist goes over history again and reviews bloodwork and performs physical exam. Urologist discusses further tests that can be performed to arrive at a definitive etiology. Patient gets impatient. Patient yells at dr.--says his good friend BigKNY3's doctor just wrote him a prescription for MUSE and bang everything was settled. Dr. says OK and gives patient instructions and first 125ucg dose. Dose does not work well. Urologist advises client to try 250ucg dose at home. Patient takes dose home and tries but it does not work. Another week passes. Patient picks up 500ucg dose from office takes home and tries but only gets a 70% erection so he calls urologist and advises. Urologist phones in script for 1000ucg dose. Another week passes before patient is able to get around to pick up script for 1000ucg MUSE (A script sale is finally recorded). Two months from initial interest to getting a script filled is not unrealistic. In fact 3 months might be more realistic. VLAD