Word: sildenafil
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...banned in Europe and Asia. What to avoid: aristolochic acid, comfrey, androstenedione, chaparral, germander, kava, bitter orange, organ or gland extracts, lobelia, pennyroyal oil, scullcap and yohimbe. In addition, the FDA says, consumers should steer clear of supplements called Actra-Rx and Yilishen, which contain prescription-strength levels of sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra. It can lower blood pressure to dangerous levels...
...months. Some urologists bought rubber stamps so they could churn out prescriptions, and equally excited patients booked advance appointments. Despite all that, Viagra, the world's most popular prescription party drug, didn't have much of a party the day the FDA gave its much-anticipated O.K. to sildenafil citrate. That's because giant pharmaceutical companies--even ones that get a license from the government to print money in blue-pill form--aren't really party places. "We had a nice dinner that night," admits Dr. Ian Osterloh, who directed the development of the impotence treatment...