Sildenafil (Milestones in Drug Therapy)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Published: March 14, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9783764362553
Subjects: Pharmacology; Urology & urogenital medicine; Impotence; Architecture; drug therapy; Medical; Sildenafil; Piperazines; General; Infertility; Clinical results; Cultural impact; Erectile dysfunction; Failure rates; Medical / Pharmacology; NO-Physiology; Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor; Therapy; Viagra; Reference; Chemotherapy
First sentence: Sildenafil citrate (UK-92,480, Viagra) is a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) and acts on the nitric oxide (NO)/cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) pathway [1, 2].