Cialis May Help Ease Pulmonary Hypertension
Cialis (tadalafil), a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction, appears effective in treating pulmonary hypertension, researchers report.
Pulmonary hypertension is caused by high blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs with blood. People who suffer from the condition can become tired, dizzy and short of breath, because the arteries feeding the lungs constrict and reduce the supply of oxygenated blood being circulating throughout the body.
But Cialis “was found to improve exercise capacity, health-related quality of life, delay time to clinical worsening, and improve hemodynamic [blood-linked] parameters of disease severity,” said lead researcher Dr. Robyn J. Barst, a professor of pediatrics at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York City. The drug was also well-tolerated, she added.
United licenses drug indication to Lilly
Are you ready for an erectile dysfunction drug revamped to treat high blood pressure? Eli Lilly and United Therapeutics are betting big on it. The two companies have inked a deal to commercialize the active ingredient in Cialis–tadalafil–for pulmonary arterial hypertension. That indication is currently under review by watchdogs in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Japan, and the E.U.
Under the deal, United Therapeutics will pony up $150 million for exclusive rights to tadalafil for the hypertension use in the U.S. The company will also get a manufacturing-and-supply deal for its money: Lilly will make the molecule for United Therapeutics and will handle all the regulatory and patent details.
Healthbeatrss Cialis may help reduce UTI symptoms
An enlarged prostate is usually associated with problematic urinary problems for men, but a drug used for another issue may be able to help.
New research funded by Eli Lilly shows a daily dose of the drug Cialis helped men ease lower urinary tract symptoms including increased urination frequency.
Currently, the drug is only approved for treating erectile dysfunction. But, with about 50 percent of men over 50 suffering from some version of this problem, the study suggests a large potential market for erectile dysfunction drugs.
The results of the study will appear in the October edition of the Journal of Urology.
Cialis and Viagra Labels to Note Amnesia
Rare Reports of Transient Global Amnesia Going on Cialis, Viagra Labels; Already on Levitra Label.
All three erectile dysfunction drugs — Cialis, Levitra, and Viagra — now list rare reports of transient global amnesia on their labels.
Transient global amnesia, or TGA, is a brief bout of amnesia, not lasting longer than a day, without causing other problems.
Levitra added transient global amnesia to its label earlier this year. And now, FDA records show that Cialis and Viagra will make similar additions to their labels.
Those label changes don’t amount to warnings or precautions. Instead, they’ll be listed in the “Post-Marketing” section of the drugs’ labels.
Cialis, sex toys and money
A federal officer was arrested Friday and charged with trafficking in undocumented immigrants in exchange for a sexual device, Cialis pills – used to treat erectile dysfunction – and $2,150 in cash.
A federal grand jury indicted U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection officer Guadalupe Garza, 64, on Sept. 2. The indictment charges Garza with 13 counts of conspiracy to transport aliens, transporting them within the United States, bringing them into the country, and bribery.