Early in his career, Dr. Eric Rose, now associate dean for Translational Research and chair of the Department of Surgery at Columbia, saw heart transplant patients deteriorate and die while waiting to receive new hearts. Confronted with this reality, he was moved to commit his professional career as a cardiac surgeon to developing new methods, [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When other treatments fail to help men overcome premature ejaculation, a combination of the impotence drug Viagra and an antidepressant may do the trick, a small study suggests.
Among 58 men given sildenafil (Viagra) plus the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil), along with counseling, 56 reported improvement in their ejaculatory control, researchers report [...]

BEIJING, China — In a desperate bid to get numbers of an endangered species of tiger up, Chinese animal keepers have called on the services of Viagra.
The anti-impotency drug is being used to try and encourage a pair of rare South China tigers in a Beijing zoo to mate, the Beijing Morning Post reported [...]

Impotence and physical activity:
Men can reduce their risk of developing impotence by burning at least 200 calories a day during physical activity - the equivalent of a brisk, 2-mile walk, a new study indicates.
Carol A. Derby, Ph.D., of the New England Research Institutes in Watertown, Mass., and colleagues analyzed data gathered on the health and [...]

The manufacturers of all three medications have data that show that in some patients there is efficacy as early as 14-16 minutes after taking the medication. In some studies, up to 50% of patients show efficacy by 30 minutes.12 However, the number one reason these medications fail is that the patient tries to have sexual [...]

All three medicines work in a similar fashion and have certain precautions and side effects. Basic common similarities include:
They require sexual stimulation.
They should be tried multiple times before calling them a failure (I tell my patients to try each medication 5-10 times before giving up on it).
PDE-5 medicines cannot be taken with any nitrate.8,9,10 Nitroglycerin [...]

By Stephen M.Auerbach, MD
California Professional Research, Newport Beach, CA
Reprinted from PCRI Insights August 2005, vol. 8, no. 3
Editor’s Note: For men diagnosed with prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction (ED) has been a major problem because a high percentage of men treated with radical prostatectomies, radiation therapy, and cryosurgery have traditionally become impotent as a result. Indeed, [...]

Vardenafil is used to treat male sexual function problems (impotence or erectile dysfunction) by blocking a certain enzyme (phosphodiesterase-PDE5). In combination with sexual stimulation, vardenafil works by helping the blood flow into the penis to achieve and maintain an erection.
This drug is not indicated for use in women.
Use of this drug does not protect against [...]

Impotence caused by medications; Drug-induced erectile dysfunction
Information
Various medications and recreational drugs can have an affect on sexual arousal and sexual performance. It should be noted that what causes impotence in one man may not affect another.
If you think that a medication you are taking is having a negative effect on sexual performance, discuss the matter [...]

Tadalafil is used to treat male sexual function problems (impotence or erectile dysfunction) by blocking a certain enzyme (phosphodiesterase-PDE5) in the body. In combination with sexual stimulation, tadalafil helps blood flow into the penis to achieve and maintain an erection.
This drug is not indicated for use in women.
Use of this drug does not protect against [...]