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VIAGRA SUBSTITUTE
You may not have to pay big bucks for Viagra because a relatively inexpensive nitroglycerin ointment can do the same thing. This study shows that another product that can be patented is as effective as Viagra. An inexpensive two percent nitroglycerin ointment placed behind the scrotum will cause an erection. However, the FDA has not approved it because nobody has come to them with a study because the study would cost big bucks and people cannot make any money from it because they would not be able to patent it.
Viagra functions in the same way as nitroglycerine. Doctors have known for more than 15 years that topical nitroglycerine can be used to cause an erection. However, in the United States, if you want to patent a drug and make lots of money, you have to pay for the research yourself and prove to the FDA that a drug is both effective and safe. This can cost more than 10 million dollars before the data will convince a committee to give you the patent. Nobody can patent nitroglycerine because it has been around more than 100 years. However, Viagra was a new drug that could be patented and its manufacturer spent more than 100 million dollars to bring it to market.
Isosorbide dinitrate is almost the same drug as nitroglycerin. However, it can be patented, so doctors are writing papers on its ability to cause an erection and soon an entrepreneur will patent it and put it on the market and make lots of money. Also see report #2278.
Isosorbide dinitrate. The effect of topically applied vasoactive agents and testosterone versus testosterone in the treatment of erectile dysfunction in aged men with low sexual interest. International Journal of Impotence Research, 2001, Vol 13, Iss 2, pp 93-98. A Gomaa, M Eissa, A ElGebaley. Assiut Univ, Fac Med, Assiut, EGYPT
Reported 4/15/01; checked 8/9/05