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

To: BUYandHOLD who wrote (3410)	6/10/1998 9:29:00 AM
From: R. K. (Chip) Constantian Jr.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

B&H, perhaps this will answer your question. FDA describes 16 men reported dead on Viagra Tuesday June 9, 7:56 pm Eastern Time WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and drug Administration on Tuesday described the cases of 16 men reported to have died after taking Viagra. The oldest was 80, the youngest 48, and seven of them died just after having sex, according to the brief FDA descriptions. The FDA stressed that there was no evidence the blockbuster impotence drug, sold by Pfizer (PFE - news), caused the 15 deaths -- and some of the reports of deaths were completely unconfirmed. More than a million men have taken the drug since it hit the market in April. The drug works to get more blood to the penis during sexual arousal, allowing a man to have an erection. ''As of June 8, 1998, the FDA has received 16 unduplicated reports for Viagra in which there was a fatal outcome,'' the FDA said in a statement posted on its internet web page at www.fda.gov. The statement, released as the result of a Freedom of Information request, briefly describes each of the 16 cases. Three were based on media reports and another one appeared to also be a secondhand report.