Viagra

[Gino]

Thanks for the encouraging news Philt. I paid a $30 copay for 10 tablets. I visited my doc last week to get some meds for my sinuses, so I decided I may as well tell him about my erection difficulties. My erection problems started when I was 39. Prior to that age my wife didn't need to do much to get me hard in seconds. Now it takes at least a few minutes of stroking just to get me semi hard and then I lose momentum when I slip on a condom. Very frustrating for both of us. I'm anxious to try this stuff, especially if I can recover quickly for a second round.

[Phil #1]

Well the stuff is amazing for me. Pfizer viagra from the web out of an Arizona company to here in San Diego, $15 total per pill including FedEx and everything else for my first order, 10 pills. Starts working fine after 30 minutes and then it takes about 30 seconds to get fully hard. Not perfect, because in my 20's I got it up in 5 to 10 seconds. Only side effects are flushing red in the face. No dizziness. A ncie giddy feeling though, like it's almost an anti-depressant that I've heard it can be.

My first pill in Tijuana, Mexico about 45 minutes prior to being with a girl at the Adelita Bar. 30 seconds to erection and it stayed hard even after I was finished with her in the hotel room. $60 for her by the way. So I kept going, two more girls both street walkers a couple blocks away. And when it went soft it only took a little over half a minute to get fully up again. Thank god for this drug. After I went home it was still working 12 hours later because I could jack off and it still only took me half a minute to 45 seconds to get it up with my hand.

Oh, and I went back to Tijuana a week later and half a pill works with the same success. Except it wears off in around 8 hours.

By the way my problem started at age 45, I developed partial loss of sensation on the left side of my body and it took me 3 or 4 minutes to get hard and it would go soft anywhere from a few seconds later to a couple minutes later. And a half hard on or no hard on was the norm. The doctors did a scan but it came up negative. I never told him about the erection problem and he, the nuerologist, didn't ask. He said it must be a partial blood flow problem as far as the partial loss of feeling and the slight numbness on the left side. Put up with that for 3 years. Now at 48 it's almost back to normal, relatively quick hard on after the 30 minutes from taking the pill, and lasting about as long as I could before my problems started.

Never got or took any viagra earlier for various reasons, all of which are probably stupid. Like I didn't want to deal with the embarassing questions a doctor would ask prior to getting a sample of the pill. And I was wary of getting ripped off on the net. Well the Arizona company is for real, my first shot at ordering.

PhilT

[Gino]

I told my doctor I was having problems maintaining an erection so he gave me a prescription for viagra (50 mg). He said it takes effect after about 20 minutes and the effect is more pronounced on an empty stomach (as opposed to recently eating a meal high in fat.) I'm 43 yrs old and in excellent health (low blood pressure and resting heart rate) due to two decades of biking and running. My game plan is take it in the morning when I wake up to [CodeWord140] and then go back to bed and screw my wife. Would I be better off taking half a pill (25 mg) to lessen the side effects? Anyone here have experience taking this medicine in the morning on an empty stomach?

[Member #1553]

I travel to latin countries, mainly the DR in recent times and I have never used any type of Viagra. I want to try out a generic brand of Viagra but do not know the names of it in latin countries or the Dominican Republic, I don't want to be ripped off and sold something that is BS. I don't want to take too much, just see what 25MG does for me, maybe it will help my stamina and help me keep it up after the first round more rapidly. Generic brand that can be purchased in the DR is what I really seek. Thank you.
wolverine7l

[James D 2004]

I looked at the other options. They aren't FDA approved yet I think. To get it from Europe costs you an arm and a leg.

With softab, the two main problems are overcome. It dissolves under the tongue so it doesn't go through the digestive system. It acts faster, 20 min, and I don't fast (not eating) anymore. It doesn't 'last' as long as the other drugs, but as long as it's fast acting, you can always take another pill, which is unlikely for most people. Short lasting is not necessarily a bad thing.

The disadvantage I saw is that when the softab is dissolving under your tongue, you better not doing anything else, like drinking, smoking etc, to avoid swallowing the medicine into your stomach, instead of absorbing under the tongue.

[Casual51]

Thought this artical moght be interesting to some of you.
FOR PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS, billions of dollars in sales are at stake. For five years, Pfizer has had Viagra in the pole position in the market to treat erectile dysfunction, or E.D.
But soon two new anti-impotence drugs could challenge Viagra for the lead. The companies making and marketing them claim the products take effect as much as half an hour sooner than Viagra and that one of them lasts several hours longer...a day or more.
According to an Securities and exchange Commission filing, Pfizer sold one-point-seven billion dollars worth of Viagra last year accounting for by one outside estimate 5 to 10 percent of the company’s profit.
But analysts and medical experts say that’s just a piece of the potential market for E.D. drugs.
“It’s probably well over 5 billion if you can get to all those individuals and treat them,” said Mara Goldstein, drug sector analyst at CIBC WorldMarkets.






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In a Viagra commercial, former presidential candidate Bob Dole says, “It’s a little bit embarrassing to talk about E.D., but it’s so important to millions of men and their partners.” But despite his best efforts to educate the public on behalf of Pfizer, there’s still a lack of knowledge about and a stigma attached to E.D. More than 30 million American men are estimated to have E.D., but fewer than 25 percent of them have done anything about it.
“There’s a huge pool of patients out there that have not yet sought treatment for this condition,” said Dr. Andy McCullough, a urologist at New York University.
That’s why Eli Lilly and a Nasdaq-traded biotech called Icos have teamed up to make Cialis, the pill that’s supposed to last at least a day. And two overseas companies, GlaxoSmithKline and Bayer have partnered on Levitra.
After receiving European approval Cialis and Levitra have been competing against each other and Viagra for the past two to three months.
The companies will not release sales figures yet.
But there are reports Cialis is taking market share from Viagra.
The battle for mindshare is another story...the French have already nicknamed Cialis “Le Weekend” for its long-acting properties.
“The moniker ‘Le Weekend’ drug is quite helpful because people see the flexibility into it,” said Mark Barbato, executive director at Lilly.
Of course, Lilly’s competitors disagree. “We don’t think men want a product that lasts too long in their body,” said David Pernock, senior marketing vice president at GlaxoSmithKline.
“Really for your average middle-aged patient in the U.S., it’s really not relevant to have the drug around for 48 hours when sexual activity is generally completed within the first three or four,” said Dr. Michael Sweeney at Pfizer.
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Dr. McCullough has participated in separate research on Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. But he says until all three products have been compared to one another in a controlled study, it’s hard to tell which one he’ll prefer to prescribe. “I think we should be cautious about making direct comparisons between the three drugs. There have been no scientific trials that have been published to compare the three drugs,” he said.
But that isn’t stopping the companies, which by some estimates will together spend hundreds of millions of dollars on marketing the drugs, from boasting about the prospects.

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Little more than half of the American men who have gotten a prescription for Viagra...have had it refilled. It could be because the little blue pill makes some users literally see blue, or because it isn’t recommended to be taken too close to meals.
But the new drugs — which don’t have those problems — are not without other potential side-effects, like headaches and facial flushing for Levitra, and head, back and bellyaches for Cialis.
The FDA is also concerned Levitra could cause an abnormal heartbeat and sudden death.
“To my knowledge there’s no evidence in the trials that Levitra is detrimental to the heart,” Dr. McCullough said, adding that he and others expect Cialis might encounter the same scrutiny when it reaches that stage in the approval process.
The potential heart-related side effects of Glaxo’s Levitra will be the topic of an FDA advisory committee meeting Thursday, and if the company clears that hurdle, full FDA approval could be just weeks away.
Analysts believe Levitra — which is further along — will get to market first, perhaps by late summer. But Cialis should also win FDA approval by the end of the year.
“While marketing textbooks would always indicate sooner is better than later, I think in this case you start with the molecule and how good it is. There are a number of examples in our business where the better molecule wins out,” Barbato said.
Unless, that is, one of the molecules happens to be named Viagra. “Very often you find the drug that has the largest market share is not necessarily the best product, but it’s the one that’s the most well known out there,” CIBC’s Goldstein said.
The race in the U.S. has yet to begin, but analysts and medical experts say there’s reason for E.D. sufferers and investors to get excited about two new drugs being on track to compete.
“I think these are fascinating times because now we will have an alternative to the one drug,” Dr. McCullough said.

[James D 2004]

The recommended dose for softab is 20 mg compared to 50 mg pill form. It worked for me. Less blush on the face and no headache at all. I had mild headache for the old pills. The price is higher but not that much difference.

[LAXGuy]

I've enjoyed the benefits of Vitamin V for a little while now - 50 mg gives me multiple, long-lasting erections for many hours, and in some cases, the next morning. Unfortunately, I experience the side effects as well. The flush of the skin on my face and ears is no big deal, but I also get the headaches. I've seen people on this board mention aspirin and ibuprofen, but does anyone have the definitive word on what is safest and most effective to use with Viagra? Does it not matter?

[LAXGuy]

I've enjoyed the benefits of Vitamin V for a little while now - 50 mg gives me multiple, long-lasting erections for many hours, and in some cases, the next morning. Unfortunately, I experience the side effects as well. The flush of the skin on my face and ears is no big deal, but I also get the headaches. I've seen people on this board mention aspirin and ibuprofen, but does anyone have the definitive word on what is safest and most effective to use with Viagra? Does it not matter?

[William Hauger]

Hello

Viagra prolongs the intercouse considerably, you will not have an orgasm as quickly and you get it up faster the second time and the third...

50 mg is the recommended dose,and in my experience sufficient.

Have a long good fuck

William

[James D 2004]

I don't have much problem because sometimes when I go to see my favorite Korean girl, she think I'm on something when we embrace each other, while I wasn't. However, I took viagra for a better quality of erection. And 50 mg worked for me.

Time for refill, I thought of new drugs. But I saw viagra softab. It's the same drug but compounded into a candy form to melt under the tongue. Instead of half of a 100 mg pill, half of a candy of 40 mg (20mg) is enough. And it worked. It's much easier to cut the candy form than the pill. It ended up more expensive, but it's suppose to work in 20 min. Considering that the new drugs cannot be much faster, and that they are expensive now, I stick to viagra in the new form. Viagra pill is a bit fast for me, as soon as 45 min. The softab must have worked in less than 30 min, who's counting. I feel the same blush in my face soon after I took it under my tongue. There's less side effect such as headache afterwards.

Happy with it. Candy form is easy to store and handle. I'm willing to try generic as well but couldn't find reliable pharmacy. Would like more info. The last thing I want is for the online store not to response in a week, and I don't know whether they will satisfy the order or not. I think the pharmacy is very important especially for generics. I used Kiwimed for viagra. Good and overnight delivery. But now they don't send to PO boxes. So I used levin-rx (spell?). Also reliable overnight delivery. Even a little bit cheaper.

My side effect is that I can do whoever mamasan send me. That's a horrible after thought, that is, when you think about what you have done.

[PeterPaul]

Dusty-Bin:

I must also be a living, walking proof of the same placebo effect... I take 12-20mgs (eighths, fifths of a 100mg pill) and the effect is strong and noticeable for 2-3 hours. I'm 34, normal, etc. The effect is actually much faster and sustained erection, no repeat performance, etc. It also usually carries on to the next morning if I'm not too exhausted before sleep.

With a 25 mg dose I usually get a spontaneous (meaning no exciting thoughts or acts, just walking or driving, etc.) rock-hard erection about 20-35 minutes after taking dose, that lasts about 15 minutes and recedes of its own. In this case the effect is the same as above, only a bit stronger and lasts maybe 4-5 hours.

The only time I tried 50mg (my first time) I had sex only once (for about an hour) but was standing on attention on and off for maybe 12 hours. Of course, secondary effects really kick in but Aspirin could be the answer (it was that time).
I've been trying this for maybe a couple of months, bout twice a week, and have gone through nearly 3 of the 100mg pills.

Your advice about intake time is correct in my opinion. A 7-day effect is of course absurd.

Cheers!

Peterpaul

[Dusty Bin]

Wingwagon-
You are living, breathing proof of the placebo effect!

Viagra has a half life, in the body, of about 4 hours. A smaller doese than 25mg has very little effect on anyone.

Ergo: If you took a 50mg pill before you went to bed at night then you wuld probably have some 'help' with the morning stiffy. The effects would be completely gone by lunch time. No significant amount left in the system.

Don't bother trying to medicate in advance of need, Viagra does not work that way, there are others that fit that usage pattern better. Just take it when you are likley to need it. A typical strategy might be to take 25mg before you go home with your 'bride of the night', by the time you are home and ready to roll the vitamin V will probably be providing its supporting role.

[wingwagon]

I was recently given a sample pack by my urologist just beacuse he had so many and wanted to get rid of them. So I tried a 50mg., just to masturbate. I got a real bad headache and alot of the side effects assoaciate with it. Didnt even get a half way decent hard on.

Then about a week later I had an opportunity with a woman so I took in advance, however, this time I took a handful of aspirin with it. But circumstances were such that we ouldn't get together that night. So I jerked off awith a rock hard dick. Explosive orgasm though not much more volume than normal.

Woke up with a hard on that I jerked off and went about my day. Had no headaches or side effects the following day like the first time I took it.

Well over the next couple of day I was feeling the positive effects of the drug. I think about sex and get a hard on and then when the opportunity presented it self with the woman I was rock hard, rigid like a pole... we tried positions we had not tried before because I could not get that hard.

Now this is five days after the taken it and I still am feeling some of the effects though they have lessened since day one.

I think my weekly routine will be to pop one at the beginning of the week and just let it do its course for the week.

Question--100 mg is it harmful and are the side effects very bad or not? I think a 100mg at the begiining of the week will last me the full seven days.

[Bigg Dogg]

There is a medication called proviron, that is taken with steriods, dianabol, because it prevents water retention and the formation of breasts in males. One side effect though is it will give you a constant erection without going down. You even have to watch the dosage or it will stay up for a considerable time.