About Viagra
Since going on sale in April 1998, Viagra has become not just the talk of the town but the talk of the globe. As a urologist with a busy practice, I have treated thousands of impotent men over the past twenty years. I can certify that the wonder drug’s immediate impact has been unprecedented in my profession and that it has truly revolutionized the initial approach to the treatment of erectile dysfunction. In the process, the tiny blue pill has fueled new debates over sexuality, medical insurance, government regulation, and even foreign trade.
Viagra does not work in all cases, but the majority of impotent men who take the drug have positive results with few side effects. For now, Viagra has made my job as a urologist much easier. In almost every case, a new patient who comes in with an impotency problem will get a Viagra prescription instead of a lengthy, expensive evaluation involving numerous tests. The patient who does not respond fully to Viagra is then a candidate for a complete work-up and a return to pre-Viagra treatment options. Many people do not understand what those options are, and one of my goals in this book is to explain them.
Viagra is obviously the treatment of the nineties for erectile dysfunction, but there were other significant advances in the sixties, seventies, and eighties. There will be other advances in the future. Thus it is important to remember that no matter how revolutionary and useful it is, Viagra is not the be-all and end-all of impotency treatment.
So, in the chapters that follow, we will look closely at how the penis works. You will be surprised at much of this, and I think you will be fascinated, for the male reproductive system is one amazing piece of engineering. There is some complicated medical information in the first few chapters, but I’ve tried to explain things so a layperson can understand the summaries and any doctors reading this book will find sufficient detail for their purposes, too. After examining the common causes of male impotency (erectile dysfunction), the current pre-Viagra treatment options are summarized. Then an in-depth look at Viagra is presented: What is it? How do I take it? What are the contraindications? What about side effects? What is the cost? These and other questions are answered.
What about Viagra for females? Viagra does affect women, and answers to these and other questions about future uses of Viagra will be forthcoming from studies currently underway.
As male self-esteem is returned and self-confidence is elevated, will men use Viagra to improve relationships and become more romantic? Only time will tell, yet the potential of Viagra and other erectile dysfunction treatments for improving relationships is one of the most important themes of this book. What’s love got to do with it? sings Tina Turner. The answer is … a lot.
After thirst and hunger, sex is one of the most basic and powerful human urges. The man who wants to be sexually active but cannot get or sustain an erection may be embarassed to talk about his problem, but most impotent men can be helped. This book shows how.
I’ve tried to make the book fun and interesting to read. I pass along some of the jokes and quotes I’ve heard, and I also talk some about the common misconceptions and myths we’ve heard all our lives about sex in general and the penis in specific. Actually, they’re not all myths, but we’ll get to that. . .
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