Word: viagra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...saying goes, you don't get something for nothing -- especially not where sex is concerned. Just as the terrors of HIV followed the joys of the sexual revolution, so it seems that Pfizer's anti-impotence wonder drug, Viagra, carries with it more health risks than anyone suspected. According to research published in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine, side effects can include fatal lung complications (for you) and bladder infections (for your partner -- a more poignant trade...
...Some cost-cutting tips for next time: There's a very serviceable Camp Terrorism scene in Patriot Games (1992), and some great Sudan footage in Khartoum (1966). Heck, I'm sure Pfizer would have let us blow up its factory, if only to drive up the price of Viagra. With a little help from Industrial Light and Magic (pro bono for Hollywood Bill, I'm sure), it all would have looked fine...
...teens only, please; two middle-age interlopers were gently escorted out.) As for the grownups, they can dine in a no-kids restaurant--Palo, with decent Northern Italian cuisine--or visit an adults-only comedy club, Off Beat, where the humor is saucy but not blue. No Mickey Viagra gags; after all, this is a Disney ship...
With all the debate about whether health insurers will pay for Viagra, it's easy to forget that many women aren't even covered for the Pill. Now Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine is pushing a bill that would require large plans that cover drugs to pay for all prescription forms of birth control. About half of all plans, including Kaiser Permanente and Prudential, now cover some form of protection, from the Pill to diaphragms and IUDs...
...Most of the heart problems so far associated with Viagra usage have been explained away as the normal result of, well, old men having sex for the first time in a while. But on its surface, Padro?s case seems stronger: His doctor gave him the pills after a checkup that included a cardiogram and treadmill stress test. And Padro says he has no history of heart trouble. The case could be troublesome for both Pfizer and the FDA, which approved Viagra for use regardless...