PDE5 inhibitor Levitra was found more effective when used on demand for erectile dysfunction in men following prostate removal, Canadian researchers say.
The study involved 87 centers across Europe, the United States, Canada and South Africa between December 2004 and September 2007.
A total of 423 patients completed the study. The inclusion of the on-demand dosing regimen enabled comparison of the currently recommended guidelines for the use of PDE5 inhibitors with a proposed nightly dosing regimen. The results clearly show that nightly dosing with vardenafil does not have any effect beyond that of on-demand use.
The study, published in European Urology, shows that on-demand use of vardenafil during the treatment period was associated with significantly greater erectile function and sexual intercourse completion rates compared to placebo. The success rates for the vardenafil on-demand group were also higher than for the nightly group.
Source: UPI.COM
Friday, 29 August 2008
Why Levitra is a step ahead of Viagra?
Levitra is one of the three erectile dysfunction oral treatments and has some distinctive advantages over Viagra.
Viagra is normally available in 50mg and 100mg. Most people use 100mg Viagra for better results while 25mg Viagra does not seem to work for most men. Now Levitra seems quite better because it comes in 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg, and 20mg, and 10mg Levitra works wonders for the most people.
Viagra is normally available in 50mg and 100mg. Most people use 100mg Viagra for better results while 25mg Viagra does not seem to work for most men. Now Levitra seems quite better because it comes in 2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg, and 20mg, and 10mg Levitra works wonders for the most people.
Levitra is also a step ahead of Viagra having lesser probability of side effects becuaes of the lower dosage.
Some people are allergic to the active ingredient sildenafil found in Viagra, Levitra could be your choice in this case as well.
For more information on Levitra, visit Levitra Information Web Site
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Impotence drugs help treat brain tumours
Impotence drugs may help carry cancer-fighting drugs through the brain to treat malignant tumours, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Tests in rats showed two erectile dysfunction drugs -- Schering-Plough's Levitra and Pfizer's Viagra -- helped carry a chemotherapy drug past the blood-brain barrier, the team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles said.
Rats with brain tumours lived 42 days when injected with the cancer drug adriamycin. But when they also got Levitra, known generically as vardenafil, the rats survived an average of 53 days. Levitra appeared to be more effective, the researchers reported in the journal Brain Research.
Levitra and Viagra, known generically as sildenafil, are in a class of drugs known as PDE5 inhibitors. They were originally tested as heart drugs because they increase blood flow in small vessels.
Complete Article: Reuters UK
Tests in rats showed two erectile dysfunction drugs -- Schering-Plough's Levitra and Pfizer's Viagra -- helped carry a chemotherapy drug past the blood-brain barrier, the team at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles said.
Rats with brain tumours lived 42 days when injected with the cancer drug adriamycin. But when they also got Levitra, known generically as vardenafil, the rats survived an average of 53 days. Levitra appeared to be more effective, the researchers reported in the journal Brain Research.
Levitra and Viagra, known generically as sildenafil, are in a class of drugs known as PDE5 inhibitors. They were originally tested as heart drugs because they increase blood flow in small vessels.
Complete Article: Reuters UK
Check testosterone in all men with ED, new guidance advises
New guidelineshave published this week in the Journal of Sexual Medicine called for GPs to routinely test all patients with erectile dysfunction, to establish whether the condition is caused by low testosterone levels.
The guidance, from the British Society for Sexual Medicine (BSSM), shows that testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) is a treatable cause of male impotence.
Low testosterone levels are associated with reduced sexual health, loss of libido and lack of responsiveness to the PDE5 inhibitor drugs that treat erectile dysfunction. Around 1 in 3 men with erectily dysfunction also have TDS.
TDS, once diagnosed by means of a test of serum testosterone levels, can be treated with testosterone therapy.
Professor Pierre-Marc Bouloux, consultant in endocrinology and diabetes at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, said: ‘Testosterone deficiency syndrome is more common than GPs realise and it is important that it is recognised as a potential cause of erectile dysfunction.
See for complete article and source:
Pulse Today
The guidance, from the British Society for Sexual Medicine (BSSM), shows that testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) is a treatable cause of male impotence.
Low testosterone levels are associated with reduced sexual health, loss of libido and lack of responsiveness to the PDE5 inhibitor drugs that treat erectile dysfunction. Around 1 in 3 men with erectily dysfunction also have TDS.
TDS, once diagnosed by means of a test of serum testosterone levels, can be treated with testosterone therapy.
Professor Pierre-Marc Bouloux, consultant in endocrinology and diabetes at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, said: ‘Testosterone deficiency syndrome is more common than GPs realise and it is important that it is recognised as a potential cause of erectile dysfunction.
See for complete article and source:
Pulse Today
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Used in Chemotherapy Treatment
Levitra and Viagra are being used to break through the blood-brain barrier that carry chemotherapy drugs to malignant brain tumors it was reported in the Brain Research Journal.
This class of drugs are known as PDE5 inhibitors and combined with adriamycin are effective in breaking through the blood brain barrier of the tumor itself but not the larger blood brain barrier.
The result is smaller tumors and a longer survival rate and healthy brain tissue is not affected. Viagra and Levitra were originally used as heart drugs to increase the blood flow to small blood vessels.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2848807420080728?feedType=RSS
This class of drugs are known as PDE5 inhibitors and combined with adriamycin are effective in breaking through the blood brain barrier of the tumor itself but not the larger blood brain barrier.
The result is smaller tumors and a longer survival rate and healthy brain tissue is not affected. Viagra and Levitra were originally used as heart drugs to increase the blood flow to small blood vessels.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN2848807420080728?feedType=RSS
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