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To: BigKNY3 who wrote (6946)	2/8/1999 8:44:00 PM
From: BigKNY3	Respond to of 9523

MPs prescribed Viagra by doctor in the House Colin Brown Chief Political Correspondent 02/08/99 The Independent - London FINAL Page 1 A LABOUR MP who is also a GP has been bombarded, discreetly of course, with requests from colleagues wanting to get their hands on the anti-impotence drug, Viagra . Howard Stoate, who is the MP for Dartford and still a practising family doctor, has privately prescribed the diamond-shaped blue pills for at least two of his colleagues after they approached him for help. Dr Stoate prescribed Viagra privately "a couple of times" to the MPs because, as he is not their family doctor, he is prevented from prescribing it on the NHS. "They were not Saturday night funsters. They were people who would seriously qualify for Viagra . They are not people saying 'I can only manage it twice a night, doc - can you give me something to manage it four times a night'," he said. "The difficulty is there is no really coherent medical system for MPs available in the House if they are 200 miles away from home. You can go to Boots and see what they can do for you, or you can sit in casualty in St Thomas' Hospital, or you can find a local GP and sign on as a temporary resident, but they would be reluctant to talk about that to a GP who they have never met before. There is a real gap in the Commons." He refuses to divulge the names of the MPs to whom he prescribed the drug, saying he must protect confidentiality, but that will not stop a backbench whispering campaign to identify the Viagra users in the Parliamentary Labour Party. In an interview for The House magazine Dr Stoate said he had only been approached by people in his own party. Dr Stoate is talking to the Commons administration committee about allowing him the right to prescribe on the NHS at the House. There is a Commons nurse, but she cannot prescribe and most MPs would almost certainly be too embarrassed to ask her for Viagra .

To: BigKNY3 who wrote (6946)	2/8/1999 9:01:00 PM
From: John Chatterton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9523

Jenny, Given the prospects for Muse, the VVUS board must be a snakepit. Why not take this off-topic discussion there, where it belongs? (I can testify directly for the relative superior merits of Viagra vs. Muse, which I suspect you can't, unless you're posting in drag.)

To: BigKNY3 who wrote (6946)	2/8/1999 11:30:00 PM
From: Little Gorilla	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9523

>>support your statement with the actual post.<< Oh, come on. Your arrogance permeates every single one of your messages on the VVUS board. If you haven't held any position in VVUS for over a year, what is the point in posting anti-VVUS messages on the VVUS message board? As VLAD recently stated, siliconinvestor.com While I, as an individual who is heavily invested in PFE, appreciate your messages on the PFE board, I find your behavior on the VVUS board to be mean-spirited and entirely DISTASTEFUL. I am entitled to voice my opinion, and that is my opinion.