Healthy Skepticism Library item: 6839
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Publication type: Journal Article
Armstrong K, Schwartz JS, Asch DA.
Direct sale of sildenafil (Viagra) to consumers over the Internet.
N Engl J Med 1999 Oct 28; 341:(18):1389-92
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/341/18/1389
Abstract:
The authors conducted a systematic search of the World Wide Web to identify all sites that were selling sildenafil directly to consumers and analyzed information on the sites as to the geographic origin of the Web site, the cost of the service and the drug, and whether it provided information about sildenafil, requested information from consumers, provided disclaimers and warnings and required a medical consultation (review of information about medical history by a physician).
Keywords:
*analytic survey/United States/Viagra/Internet/quality of information/safety & risk information/EVALUATION OF PROMOTION: DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER ADVERTISING/PROMOTIONAL TECHNIQUES: INTERNET ADVERTISING
3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterase/antagonists & inhibitors*
Commerce/standards
Commerce/statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Impotence/diagnosis
Impotence/drug therapy*
Internet/standards
Internet/statistics & numerical data*
Male
Medical History Taking/statistics & numerical data
Office Visits
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors*
Physician's Practice Patterns/statistics & numerical data
Piperazines*
Prescriptions, Drug/standards
Prescriptions, Drug/statistics & numerical data*
Questionnaires
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
United States
