Ultimately, there must be a debate about how limited resources for health care should be spent and who should make those decisions. Are men who seek to enhance their normal sexual function “worthy” enough to have their treatment paid for? If we pay for drugs and other procedures that enhance lifestyles, then other treatments either may not get funded at all or may become inadequately funded. Who will get the lifestyle drugs? Everybody who wants them? And do they get an unlimited supply? As the number of enhancement treatments grows, the scenario surrounding Viagra will become all too familiar with other drugs.
via Dr. Petra Boynton
Also, WIRED warns us against using herbal Viagra substitutes, which can have harmful effects:
In a report to Forensic Science International, which became available on Feb. 21, Dries de Kaste and his team explained that each of the shady products includes unnatural chemicals that are not listed on their labels. Since none of those molecules have been tested in rigorous safety studies, and each can affect the cardiovascular system or interact with other drugs, they are quite dangerous.
via BoingBoing
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