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  Impotence Herbal Remedy- 5 Natural Health Secrets to Cure Your Erectile Dysfunction

  21 April 2008 (Monday)

  Why are thousands of men choosing an impotence herbal remedy over the colorful synthetic pills to cure erectile dysfunctions? Because they know the sometimes fatal side effects associated with erectile dysfunction pills.

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  Happy Birthday, Viagra!

  03 April 2008 (Thursday)

  It's the drug that raised the profile of medicine in popular culture. It's been hawked by a prominent politician and has been the butt of jokes on late-night TV. It's Viagara, and it's turning 10 today.

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  FDA Warns Consumers Not To Use "Blue Steel" And "Hero" Products

  03 April 2008 (Thursday)

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or use "Blue Steel" or "Hero" products marketed as dietary supplements throughout the United States because they are considered unapproved drugs and have not been proven to be safe or effective. These products contain undeclared ingredients, which may dangerously affect a person's blood pressure level.

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  Viagra may help men lift their spirits, too

  24 March 2008 (Monday)

  Impotence drugs such as Viagra may do more than help men physically have sex - they may also boost levels of a hormone linked with feelings of love, United States researchers reported on Thursday.

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  Viagra still going strong 10 years on

  23 March 2008 (Sunday)

  Viagra, developed by accident by scientists at Pfizer Laboratories, was first approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration on March 27, 1998.

Viagra doc faces rap

A SHY surgeon is facing being struck off for prescribing sex drug Viagra to himself under a WOMAN’S name because he was too embarrassed to go to a doctor.

Bungling medic Jonathan Bala claimed the pills were for a female relative – even though she could not have a use for them.

But Nigerian-born Dr Bala, an intestinal surgeon who worked an 84-hour week in Llandudno hospital’s accident and emergency department, was caught out when a pharmacist in the town’s Asda store became suspicious because he wanted so many of the tablets. She raised the alarm. He had already successfully got hold of the medicine twice.

Last year at Caernarfon Crown Court, the married dad-of-three was given a six-month sentence, suspended for two years, after admitting two charges of obtaining property by deception and one of attempted deception.

Now the doctor’s career is at stake. The General Medical Council will be meeting at a hearing in Manchester to discuss the case on Wednesday and Thursday.

The doctor, who lived in Conwy Road, Ormskirk, and was 42 at the time of the prosecution, is currently suspended but his area of practice is listed as Cumbria on the GMC’s website.

In a statement, the GMC said: “It is alleged that Dr Bala failed to inform the GMC of this conviction. It is further alleged that Dr Bala failed to disclose the conviction when he took up employment with the North Cumbria Acute Hospitals Trust.

“It is alleged that Dr Bala’s actions were misleading and dishonest.”

A spokesman added: “There are only a few sanctions the General Medical Council can impose. At the far end of the spectrum he could be erased from the register or there could be conditions imposed on the doctor’s registration.”

The doctor qualified from Nigeria’s Ahmadu Bello University in 1989 and came to the UK in 2000. His family had a history of diabetes.

In 2004 he began suffering symptoms including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and impotence.

His lawyer, Philip De Berry, told Llandudno court at the time: “(His) symptoms were getting worse and he felt shy about asking a colleague to prescribe Viagra.

“On the prescription form he used a name of the woman relative, though it was clear a woman would not need Viagra.”

He told the court if his client had seen his GP the offences would have never happened.

Dr Tony Calland, chairman of the British Medical Association’s Welsh Council, said: “If he were self-prescribing they (the GMC) would take a very dim view of it because it would contravene their guidance.

“It does not have legal weight but it has regulatory weight.

“In general terms the GMC is clear in its guidance that doctors should be registered with a doctor of their choice and they should not self medicate at all, apart from the odd paracetamol.

“We all make decisions and have to take the consequences. He would have known the rules like any other doctor would know the rules.

“Ignorance is no defence. It is a very big issue.”

North Cumbria Acute Hospitals Trust were contacted but declined to comment.

james.mccarthy@mediawales.co.uk

• The Differences Between Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra

  05 October 2007 (Friday)

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• Difference between Viagra vs Generic Viagra

  05 October 2007 (Friday)

  A generic drug must contain the same active ingredients and must be equivalent in strength and dosage to the original brand-name product. While generics and brand-name drugs contain the same active ingredients, the inactive ingredients may be different.