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To: BigKNY3 who wrote (6939)	2/7/1999 11:08:00 PM
From: Little Gorilla	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9523

Do you hold a position in Vivus (short, puts, whatever)? If not, your behavior on the Vivus message boards is quite distasteful to say the least.

To: BigKNY3 who wrote (6939)	2/8/1999 9:31:00 AM
From: Anthony Wong	Respond to of 9523

02/08 07:32 British MP says he prescribed Viagra to colleagues LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - A British Member of Parliament, who is also a doctor, said on Monday he had prescribed the anti-impotence drug Viagra to fellow MPs. Howard Stoate, a Labour MP, defended his actions saying the men to whom he prescribed the drug had serious problems and were not merely "Saturday night funsters". "They are responsible, sensible, adult people. They had a problem they wished to discuss and I was able to give them the help and advice they needed," he told BBC radio. Stoate said he had revealed his actions to show that MPs, many of whom spend weekdays away from home, find it hard to get proper confidential medical advice. But his actions may embarrass the Labour government which last month sparked outrage among doctors when it proposed to restrict government subsidies for the prescribing of Viagra to a limited number of patients with specific clinical conditions. The government wants to limit subsidies for Viagra to men who have had radical pelvic surgery, their prostate removed, who suffer spinal cord injuries, are diabetic or who have multiple sclerosis or gene neurological disease. Health Secretary Frank Dobson said other men who suffered severe distress by impotence should only be prescribed Viagra in exceptional circumstances and only after a specialist assessment in hospital. moneynet.com@NEWS-P2&Index=0&HeadlineURL=../News/NewsHeadlines.asp&DISABLE_FORM=&NAVSVC=News\Company