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This Podcast Will Kill You

Ep 167 Viagra/Sildenafil: Raising the bar

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness, Science

4.817.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Has a name brand prescription medication ever shot to notoriety as quickly as Viagra did? Within a few months of its arrival on the market, it seems like everyone knew about the little blue pill, whether through commercials featuring celebrity spokespeople or from endless jokes on late night talk shows. But while everyone understood that this medication promised to treat erectile dysfunction, what most people didn’t know was the wild story leading to its development. Or how this medication (and similar medications) actually works. Or the tremendous impact this blockbuster drug would have on the ways that medications are advertised and developed. In this episode, we bring you those stories (and many more).

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0:00.0

This is exactly right.

0:06.5

Courage, something shared by countless Americans, those that risked their lives, those that

0:13.9

battle serious illness. When I was diagnosed with cancer, I was primarily concerned with

0:19.4

ridding myself of the cancer. But secondly,

0:22.4

I was concerned about post-operative side effects like erectile dysfunction, ED, often called

0:29.6

impotence. You know, it's a little embarrassing to talk about ED, but it's so important to

0:35.6

millions of men and their partners that I decided to talk about it

0:39.3

publicly. And after all, it can be associated with many conditions, including prostate surgery,

0:45.3

high blood pressure, diabetes, or even smoking. The point I want to make is that there are many

0:51.2

treatments available for ED. So my advice is to get a medical checkup.

0:56.1

It's the best way to get educated about ED and what can be done to treat it.

1:00.7

It may take a little courage, but I've always found that everything worthwhile does.

1:10.2

Music The

1:13.6

The The

1:30.3

The I mean, none of it was wrong.

1:56.8

I love it.

1:57.9

It's because it sounds more like a PSA than an advertisement.

2:01.2

It does. It totally sounds like it. I mean, they don't even say the name of the medicine, right?

2:05.3

It's very under the radar. Uh-huh. So that was from the infamous, really historic Bob Dole, Bob Dole, Bob Dole? Do you know that was one of my brother's first words?

2:18.3

Was he born near, like in the year leading up to a presidential election or what?

2:25.3

I don't know.

2:26.3

I just remember during the presidential election, I'm pretty sure it was my youngest brother.

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