It's OK to prescribe ED drugs online
Aug/19/2008 04:55
The Internet is rapidly becoming an important platform for health care communications. This technological advance is driven by the delivery of health care from single to multiple physicians, by direct-to-consumer advertising that empowers patients to make their own health care decisions, and by greater public demand for rapid delivery of health care information. Those of us who worked on ED drugs know that one of the hardest barriers to overcome is to get men to admit they have a problem and then to ask their HCP for a prescription. This is a monumental barrier to overcome but more and more men might be ready to overcome this barrier as sales of ED drugs seem to be increasing.
The questions for online pharmacies to prescribe ED drugs are about the same that a physician would ask but there is a lot of risk. There are a lot of men who are pre-diabetes or undiagnosed hypertensive and it’s essential to get these patients in front of their physicians so that they can determine if there is an underlying cause for their ED. Can you imagine the litigation involved in prescribing a ED product online if the patient suffers a catastrophic event as the result of taking the medication? Let’s get the lawyers lined up now !
The reality is that both Pfizer and Lilly are selling Viagra and Cialis to men who do not have the medical definition of ED. You see as men age they need more sexual stimulation to get ready for intercourse but this fact is not well known. If a middle-aged man sees his wife undress in front of him and he does not have an erection he thinks “there must be something wrong” when in reality it is a normal part of aging. Couples today don’t have the time for extended foreplay and men want to be ready to go as soon as they are in bed with their partner.
Another issue that is not well known is that women, as they age, may have problems with with lubrication thus a harder erection is needed for penetration and intercourse. The answer to this of course may be as simple as an OTC lubrication like the new line KY intimate products but then it’s cheaper to buy that than it is to sell customers a Cialis or Viagra tablet.
If patients have a good relationship with their physicians then it is essential that they go to their physician to ask any sexual problems they maybe having. A quick look at the patients history and a blood test can easily confirm that indeed the patient is a good candidate for a prescription but for the small percentage of other patients that may have something more serious going on let’s hope that physicians catch it before it becomes a life threatening condition.
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