Nov 29

Pharmacist Scot Silber thought he was sitting on a gold mine when he developed a drug compound to help men suffering from sexual dysfunction.

Silber, part-owner of Green Valley Drugs, combined Valium and Viagra into a single pill and called it Vegas Mixx. He advertised it with the promise that the combination would mellow the mind, relax the muscle that causes ejaculation and provide a lasting erection. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 18

A drug being developed by a California company was shown in a trial to be effective in 30 minutes or less, much faster than its competitors, the maker of treatments for erectile dysfunctions claimed today.

Reuters reports that Vivus Inc.’s 646-patient trial found that about three-quarters of patients taking either 100 milligrams or 200 milligrams of the drug Avanafil had erections sufficient for intercourse. Fifty-seven percent experienced “successful intercourse,” compared with 27 percent of placebo patients. Read the rest of this entry »