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Is it wise for Wikipedia to have dosage recommendations for Viagra, which is a perscription medication? Dispensing medical advice can be very risky, espcially for a public-___domain forum like this one. (It could also encourage spammers to edit in their own 'recommendations.')

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==Pill==

:I think the only criterion should be truth. Is the information given in the "Dosage and price" section objectively true? I don't know, but if it is, then it should stay. [[User:AxelBoldt|AxelBoldt]] 11:05 Aug 21, 2002 (PDT)

What does the pill look like? [[Special:Contributions/152.86.12.221|152.86.12.221]] ([[User talk:152.86.12.221|talk]]) 06:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

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== Semi-protected edit request ==

:If its a perscriptions, it shud not be listed in here you shud only find it if you ar perscriptions. Altho thay mite rite in the ensiclopedia wat is usaly is and wat efect is usaly is, evin tho you shud not actely do that, becuse enybudy reeding shud no to prescripsen instrucsens insted.

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Does anybody know the origin of the name "viagra"?

In the intro, where it mentions it as a medications, please add that it is a [[PDE5 inhibitor]] (I.e. Sildenafil, sold under the brand name Viagra among others, is a [[PDE5 inhibitor]] medication”). This elaborates what drug class it belongs to. [[Special:Contributions/2600:100C:A218:9A7B:80DD:C9D6:5BDD:7B71|2600:100C:A218:9A7B:80DD:C9D6:5BDD:7B71]] ([[User talk:2600:100C:A218:9A7B:80DD:C9D6:5BDD:7B71|talk]]) 22:23, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

{{not done}}:<!-- Template:ESp --> That information is already present in the third paragraph. [[User:PianoDan|PianoDan]] ([[User talk:PianoDan|talk]]) 00:25, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

== Moved to sildenafil ==

Policy seems to be that in the naming of drugs, the generic name is used. This limits intercontinental confusion and decreases the smell of advertising (and spam, see above). [[User:Jfdwolff|<nowiki></nowiki>]]<BR>[[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 22:09, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

:Should this be under [[Sildenafil citrate]]? [[Sildenafil citrate]] was redirecting to [[Viagra]] so I switched it to redirect to [[Sildenafil]]. [[User:Frunge|Frunge]].

You're right, I should have tidied up the double-redirects. Generally, it seems wikipedia names pharmaca (drugs) after the active ingredient. IMHO it would be folly to name all adjuvants ([[enalapril malleate]], [[atorvastatin calcium]], [[imatinib mesylate]]). Correct me if I'm wrong&mdash;the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Drugs|Wikiproject Drugs]] never really hit off, and whenever I do [[pharmacology]] subjects I just follow my intuition. [[User:Jfdwolff|<nowiki></nowiki>]]<BR>[[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]] | [[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 09:36, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

One disadvantage of putting naming the article 'Sildenafil' is that if you browse [[:Category:PDE5_inhibitors]], it's not immediately obvious that Viagra and Cialis (as they are currently best known, due to spam) work on similar principles, unless you happen to know the drug name. - [[User:Jdowland|Jon Dowland]] 14:33, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

== price info is US-centred ==

For example, in India the various sildenafil citrate brands all cost much less than 90 US-cents for a 100 mg pill. That is because India still allows only process patents, no product patents. (A product-patent ordinance was issued on 30 Dec 2004, but when the parliment will be in session in a month or so; it will have to be replaced by a bill - and the bill will have to be passed by majority vote in ''both'' houses of parliament - just like in the UK. We shall see.)

== Viagra-Blindness ==

How do we manage Viagra-Blindness issue? Is it acceptable to post that there are rumors that...

See http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/05/26/eveningnews/main698124_page2.shtml for instance --[[User:Dennis Valeev|Dennis Valeev]] 22:02, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

== Spam, spam, spam... ==

There seems to be no end to the Viagra linkspam. Is there anything we can do about this besides constantly reverting the page? [[User:~K|~K]] 03:45, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

: Get it protected, I believe, if it's happening regularly enough within a short time-span.

== For fact-checking ==

''In some countries like Mexico, India where the patent on Viagra have expired, big drug manufacturers manufactured, where it is marketed under the brand name Caverta, Silagra, Edegra, Kamagra, Meltabs. These pills contain exactly the same ingredients as the branded one but cost a quater of the original branded one.'' --[[User:Calton|Calton]] | [[User talk:Calton|Talk]] 15:04, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

== Image ==

The image of the sildenafil molecule was deleted. Who is going to upload a new one? I can have a go, but my MDL ISIS 2.5 is not exporting images to PNG for some odd reason. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 22:35, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

:Done. [[User:~K|~K]] 00:08, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

== Scored? ==

This line looks wrong: ''Sildenafil is not scored, meaning there is no guarantee that the drug is evenly distributed throughout the tablet, therefore it is not advisable to cut it to change dosage.'' Is there some meaning of "scored" I'm not familiar with? I thought if a pill was scored it meant the pill was notched to allow easy splitting, nothing about even distribution of the active drug. Am I missing something? [[User:Fan-1967|Fan1967]] 03:11, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

: You're correct about the meaning. The issue being raised is that <i>if</i> the composition of the pill is not homogeneous and one physically cuts it in half, one may not get "half the dose". Whether this is the reason the pill is not scored here...dunno. [[User:DMacks|DMacks]] 01:43, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

== Multi-address spambot ==

This article appears to be monitored by some sort of spambot with a wide range of IP addresses at its disposal. Within minutes after unprotecting the article today, it picked right back up again. Semi-protection (both on and off) will be tested throughout the week. If this continues through the long term, I suggest that this article be protected in the same manner as [[George W. Bush]]. Best regards, [[User:Hall Monitor|Hall Monitor]] 17:41, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

== Request for more information ==

I've made a [[Talk:PDE5_inhibitor#Information_request|request]] for more information about how this drug compares to similar ones. I think other people would like to know more about this too. Thanks to anyone who can help. [[User:Eje211|Eje211]] 16:59, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

== Effects on women ==

Can anyone provide an authoratative cite to support the claim that Viagra "is also capable of arousing women for greater sexual drive" ? I have seen no research to support this claim and in fact IIRC recent studies show this to be false. 06:59, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

== Death of [[Sani Abacha]] ==

I went looking for a cite for:

:[[Sani Abacha]], suspected cause of his death {{cite needed}}

but couldn't find any. Well, I found mention that a dose of Sildenafil may have led to his death, but only inasmuch as it is the suspected vehicle for an unrelated poison (if one believes that he was poisoned at all).[http://www.dcmsoft.com/zuba/zuba/maryam.htm] [[User:DMacks|DMacks]] 17:00, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

== Citation ==

I've changed the citation style to cite.php throughout. No paper was cited more than once, making this the most preferable referencing system for this article.

I also removed a few papers reporting effects on Raynaud's, given that a randomised controlled trial is available.

We should work on the unreferenced parts of the article. The speculation in its naming is unsourced and could do with a [[WP:CITE]]. [[User:Jfdwolff|JFW]]&nbsp;|&nbsp;[[User_talk:Jfdwolff|<small>T@lk</small>]] 12:14, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

== Hard drug ==

The link "hard drug" leads here, but it also refers to illegal drugs that are very potent.

==Removed some text==

I removed the following text because it just sounds like one editors guesses. Pls provide a source before reincluding:

:''The name "Viagra", like many drug names, is a marketing invention. It was possibly inspired by the [[Sanskrit]] word "vyāghra", which means "tiger". The word rhymes with "Niagara" ([[Niagara Falls]] is a popular honeymoon destination and Niagara, being such an impressive [[waterfall]], evokes a sense of incredible erectile and ejaculatory strength). The sound of the word also suggests the words "vigor" and "virile"{{fact}}.''

I also removed this, because it is unsourced speculation:

:''It has been suggested that Viagra would lead to a marked drop in the demand for certain traditional remedies, such as [[tiger]] [[penis]]es and [[rhinoceros]] horns and that the drug may therefore help to preserve these [[endangered species]]. However, this is unlikely in that these parts of endangered species are not only used to treat impotence. Rhinoceros horns, for example, are used as a treatment for high fever. Furthermore, since Viagra has not been shown to possess [[aphrodisiac]] properties, it is unclear that the natural remedies would compete with this new clinical drug.''

[[User:Ashmoo|Ashmoo]] 04:10, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

==More Legislative History Needed==

I think more needs to be put into the entry about Viagra's legislative history, by state. For instance, several states have recently halted Medicaid spending on Viagra for conviced sex offenders. I'm thinking in the first "History" section, more about this should be included. [[User:Scunning|Scunning]] 19:59, 27 June 2006 (UTC)