To: Early Out who wrote (1660 ) 4/26/1998 3:52:00 PM From: Brian Malloy Respond to
The Viagra report you site if read carefully will show that for about 30% of patients Viagra just is not effective. For perhaps another 20% it works but not sufficiently to sustain the type of erection needed for orgasm. For 50% or so it works just fine and undoubtedly should be the drug of choice. For others in which the drug does not work then combination therapy or use of another agent alone may prove to be benificial for the patient. As an example, I have provided a quote for the URL that you listed for me. group mean success rates (total successes divided by total attempts) were about 66% on VIAGRA vs about 20% on placebo. During 3 to 6 months of double-blind treatment or longer-term (1 year), open-label studies, few patients withdrew from active treatment for any reason, including lack of effectiveness. At the end of the long-term study, 88% of patients reported that VIAGRA improved their erections.
