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

To: Solid who wrote (2797)	5/23/1998 12:23:00 AM
From: Solid	Respond to of 9523

And a post borrowed from Yahoo- <- Previous Next -> Message 7256 of 7261 Reply Look to the future New_internist (29/M/Baltimore, MD) May 22 1998 11:52PM EDT Congrats on making your money, but that was then pre-viagra, when MUSE was probably one of the better options out there. Now there's a better option. Based on the FDA studies, I think I voice an opinion as to how a reasonable physician will prescribe, or at least the very least how I WILL prescribe. If I can't fix the underlying problem, viagra, with it's very low incidence of side effects, and it's very good efficacy rate will be my first consideration, and I believe a reasonable first choice. If and only if there are contraindications, or if I have a viagra failure then I'll discuss with my patients the other options, and probably MUSE will be my second choice. It depends on what the patient and I decide. And guess what? After discussion with my colleagues at work, they too think it's a reasonable approach to the underdiagnosed and undertreated problem of impotence And guess what else? I'm the one writing the prescriptions. I'm the one who will be pumping up Viagra's market share and perhaps writing a MUSE prescription or two. So we'll see about market share after the physicians have spoken.

To: Solid who wrote (2797)	5/23/1998 12:24:00 AM
From: puborectalis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

Todays' stock action tells us that people are daytrading PFE rather than investing in one of the best PHARMA companies in the world.It's a shame that the public is not sophisticated enough to hear the medical explanations for these events rather than making rash conclusions that the drug has problems.A recent thread explains nicely the meaninglessness of these deaths on a statistical basis...just Wall Street at its worst..circulating info before we know the FACTS! We're in the era of hype and sensationalism,unfortunately.

To: Solid who wrote (2797)	5/23/1998 11:35:00 AM
From: hilm	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

solid, great post. hilm

To: Solid who wrote (2797)	5/27/1998 1:08:00 AM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9523

Solid: ---->Even Health Secretary D. Schalayla was not critical of Pfizer at all. She simply emphasized the need this places for individuals using Viagra (and other meds) to read the warning labels and cautionary statements. I wonder what percentage of doctors issuing prescriptions for Viagra have been detailed and exposed to the potential problems.....??? probally all of the good doctors , and hopefully none of the readers here on SI have any of the rest for their primary health providers................ ---->The underlying fundamentals on Viagra have not altered. Had Pfizer been ignorant of this synergistic reaction or tried to cover it up, forget it. They were not and have not. The best reflection of all the reaction is ----- ......."forget about it....." I've owned Pfizer since it was Chas Pfizer.......... wish I'd been smart enough to have owned a BUNCH more....... for a long time...... as a matter of fact , I looked on my oldest certificate and the year of purchase was ----------- 1980 ------------ so, I'm among the elder owners or PFE who are posting here...... I consulted my personal doctor, who is a close personal friend also, about the issuance of prescriptions, especially, and including Viagra.............. he told me, this is what I inform my patients to do....... .. and I quote...... "Read labels. Follow directions. Use when needed, as directed." AND he also informed me ----- to his knowledge, that none of his fellow doctors (numbering in the several dozens ) had written any prescriptions for Viagra without a full medical workup ........... AND none of which had included , due to the information received from Pfizer, ANY heart ailment patients proscribed with nitro/type medications due to the potential problems which were inherent with nitro/type medications which had been covered by the Pfizer detail man ........ AND that he had , as well as MOST of his fellow doctors, to his knowledge, had purchased stock in PFE. due to the potential for price enhancement /////// Regards --- Nemer