Vardenafil improves sexual function and treatment satisfaction in couples affected by erectile dysfunction (ED): A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in PDE5 inhibitor-naïve men with ED and their partners

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1028-1036

  Edwards, David ^a   Hackett, Geoff ^b   Collins, Owen ^c   Curram, John ^c  

^a White House Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Bayer plc UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; PDE5; Vardenafil

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; VARDENAFIL;

ADULT; AORTA BIFURCATION; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUSHING; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE CRAMP; ORGASM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTALGIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33750447970     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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