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To: Edderd who wrote (17746)	1/13/1999 7:57:00 PM
From: Curt Whitaker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

Be serious. You are not going to refuse a Rx to a patient who has been using Viagra without incident and with success. Really? With our lawsuit-happy society? I would tend to think every doctor would think twice before blindly prescribing anything with risk involved - risk to their financial well-being. Curt

To: Edderd who wrote (17746)	1/13/1999 7:58:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

Edderd, Carefull now. It's that attitude that's going to get a lot of mds into trouble. Just because the patient didn't have a coronary yet doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. There is a pool of men out there on Viagra who each day continue to have progressive CAD. Eventually they will have their coronary. Their lawyer will blame you for never checking closely into their CV status. You're defense of "he was doing just fine on Viagra before he had the heart attack" won't wash very well. Your patients are dynamic living beings. Just because things were fine today doesn't mean they will be fine tomorrow. Complacency is a prelude to disaster.