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

To: James Baker who wrote (2001)	5/4/1998 9:28:00 AM
From: Perry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

The WSJ article was a fair piece. Here' some of the good stuff James failed to add. Perry +++++++ from WSJ 5/4: Still, many -- perhaps most -- are benefiting. Among the successful: a 47-year-old Delta Airlines pilot. Recently divorced, he had been having sexual troubles for about three years. Dr. Sharlip prescribed Viagra and it worked "fabulously well." So well, in fact, a dilemma arises. His new girlfriend is unaware his ardor is getting a pharmaceutical boost. "With all the publicity, I'm sure I'm going to be asked," he says. But until asked, he's staying silent. Another success: a 39-year-old San Francisco banker, whose fear of failure made him avoid intimacy with his mate. "I had withdrawn like an aging rock star who won't perform because he fears criticism," he says. Counseling didn't help; the prescription did. "It worked in one hour. It felt natural," he says. And there were encores "all night long." Though he suffered a "Viagra hangover" (morning-after headaches), it's been worth it, he believes. "It's going to save a lot of relationships," he predicts, though he warns it won't aid spontaneous trysts. "Viagra isn't something you take and go for a jog, hoping to get lucky," he says. "You have to have it on you, like a condom in your wallet. It would be like a Woody Allen movie if you lost it." Age is not necessarily an impediment, says Dr. Sharlip. One 86-year-old man took Viagra and faxed back ratings of his per-dose virility: "50 milligrams give me 70%, and 100 milligrams give me 95%. Where can I get the other 5%?" The doctor said, "Live with it."