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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (2430)	5/12/1998 7:22:00 PM
From: Anthony Wong	Respond to of 9523

Salon Magazine - Special Report: Men on Viagra salonmagazine.com Excerpt: Jim Petersen, Playboy senior editor, 50 years old How important is Viagra? There are only two events in this century that I regret missing: Woodstock and buying Pfizer at $58 last year. In 22 years as the Playboy Advisor, I got maybe a half dozen letters about impotence. Either it didn't exist in the numbers that women's libbers would have us believe, or I assumed that people who were impotent wouldn't be picking up a magazine with a nude centerfold. On the other hand, not a day went by without someone asking about changes in his erection. Or how, with age, he was no longer able to hit the headboard when he came. We would give the same basic advice: It's age. Your tongue is still warm. That male anxiety about his body is universal -- cut to the Rolling Stones: "Am I tough enough. Am I rich enough?" This pill is going to be huge. The birth control pill gave women control of their bodies in their youth; Viagra gives men control of their bodies in the latter third of their lives. Both were recreational drugs, but Viagra more so. It will medicalize male sexuality. Women have been going to their gynecologists once a year forever. Men don't have a plumbing doctor. Now they do -- although male resistance to other men telling them what to do with their dicks will create a huge off-label underground. Hefner did go public in the New York Times. He said he tried it, and the following Monday went out and bought a chunk of Viagra stock. The story I heard through the Playboy grapevine was that orgy night had been reinstated at the Mansion, that the staff was pulling out the oversize cushions in the game room.

To: Anthony Wong who wrote (2430)	5/12/1998 7:26:00 PM
From: BigKNY3	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 9523

Information from different Dow Jones sources reveals the following ED market data for the week ending May 1, 1998. -In just 5 weeks, Viagra has captured a 98% market share. -Viagra refills more than doubled during the week of May 1st. -The ED market has increased 2,147% since the approval of Viagra. -Despite the growth of the ED market, MUSE has lost 69% of its pre-Viagra new Rx specification. -The average Viagra Rx was for 8.5 tablets. -Primary care physicians are writing 49% of Viagra Rxs followed by 33% by urologists. BigKNY3