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To: RT who wrote (8576)	5/27/1998 12:10:00 AM
From: jack w garnes jr.	Respond to of 23519

RT, I look at it this way...If a man has a heart condition HE SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING AROUND WITH MR. HAPPY. Take Frostman for example...he is 55 years old a young man...now I see where Viagra would help him out a lot. We also need to remember that Frostman does not have a heart condition. However, Frostman is in good health... But the majority of people over age 55 are not in good health....you go to any hospital and ask what there major admitting medical problems are and they will tell you COPD or heart problems. WE NEED MORE TESTING OF VIAGRA and THE FDA SHOULD RECALL THE DRUG. JG

To: RT who wrote (8576)	5/27/1998 12:49:00 AM
From: Milan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 26 (Reuters) - Two Brazilian men have died after taking the male impotence drug Viagra, but health officials said on Tuesday they were not certain the popular pill caused the deaths. Last week U.S. officials and the drug's manufacturer Pfizer Inc <PFE.N> began investigating the deaths of six men in the United States who also died after taking Viagra. Pfizer says the drug is safe and effective for men who have been diagnosed with "erectile dysfunction", but warns that it should not be taken by men who are also taking nitroglycerin or other nitrate drugs prescribed for heart disease. At least one of the Brazilian men who died had heart disease, according to a report in newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo. He died on May 16 in the southern Rio Grande do Sul state shortly after taking his first dose of contraband Viagra and having sex twice consecutively, his widow said. She refused to authorize an autopsy to clear up the cause of death, the report said. A spokeswoman from Brazil's health ministry said there had been reports of another death possibly linked to Viagra use in Brasilia, but she could provide no details. Viagra, which took off like a shot in the United States, is becoming fashionable even in Brazil's macho culture. It can be obtained legally in Brazil through direct import by someone who has a doctor's prescription, but there is a big black market trade as well, the health ministry said.