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Pfizer, who manufacture the erectile function drug Viagra are advocating the use of a special questionnaire that can properly identify if you suffer from erectile dysfunction and to what degree. The questionnaire is called the QEQ which stands for the Quality of Erection Questionnaire and consists of six simple questions for men to answer about their erectile function.

One of the biggest problems when speaking to patients about erectile dysfunction is evaluating the extent of the problem as many men are not totally honest or feel embarrassed to be specific about their erection and erectile function. By the use of the QEQ, doctors will be able to get a better idea of the problem and therefore diagnose the problem better and know whether to prescribe erectile dysfunction drugs and in what doses.

The results give you different gradings depending on your answers and if you get to Grade 4 you are basically OK and if you don’t then you can be considered to be suffering from erectile dysfunction and you could possibly be cured with impotence drugs like Viagra, Cialis or Levitra.

In the future of the use of the QEQ becomes widespread it may become the standard measuring tool of erection quality and function and thus be used by all doctors over the world. The QEQ looks at sexual satisfaction erection quality, erection hardness, erection onset and lastly erection duration. The QEQ also is working well because it is a self assessment of erection quality which is likely to be the most reliable source of information as opposed to a doctors perception of the problem through a embarrassed and humiliated man.
Research done on the QEQ shows that there is definite link between the increase in a man’s QEQ grading and his emotional self-esteem, his confidence and his satisfaction with his sexual relationship.

The United Kingdom’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) following extensive correspondence with a company based in Latvia has obtained promises that they will no longer send out mail shots and promote a product said to cure erectile dysfunction in the UK. The product called “STIFF Strips” was marketed all over the United Kingdom by the company S.I.H.N using the name Reprohealth.
Reprohealth said their product was a new discovery which contained extremely powerful impotence agents which would have an effect on erectile function within five minutes. They also claimed that by using STIFF Strips you would be able to have sex for hours and hours. The product was also supposed to be five times more potent than any other type of impotence remedy on the market.

The mail shots were also accompanied by testimonials from a number of men who claimed that STIFF Strips had had an incredibly dramatic effect on their sexual performance. Lastly but by no means least Reprohealth claimed that the product would work for women too.

In line with correct practice the Office of Fair Trading requested from Reprohealth clinical evidence that supported the claims that were being made by the company. As expected they failed to provide any proper evidence to support any of their claims and thus they were asked to immediately stop selling the product in the United Kingdom.

Reprohealth was also operating two web sites based in the United Kingdom which allowed customers to buy the STIFF Strips online. Is not clear exactly what the STIFF Strips contained but it is likely that they either contained absolutely nothing and relied purely on a placebo effect or that they were laced with the active ingredients of either Viagra, Cialis or Levitra.

Tens of thousands of people every year in the UK become victims of elaborate scams involving “miracle” health supplements and products. You should always speak to a doctor before using a product for your health.

When drug names are chosen by large pharmaceutical companies a huge amount of research, time and money goes in before an announcement is made.  There are many different things to consider such as the translation of the name into different languages which could sound bad and be terrible for sales, and also approval from the relevant drug authorities around the world.
For example the Food & Drug Administration in America will not allow names of drugs to be too suggestive of what they can do. So a drug for erectile dysfunction would not be allowed to be called Erection or Hard or anything that gives you an idea of what it’s function is. It is also important that the drug does not sound too similar to another drug as it is not unheard of for doctors to get confused and prescribed the wrong medication by mistake.

However drug companies try to come up with names that subconsciously give you a hint of their use. For example the erectile dysfunction medication Viagra does suggest two things, firstly the Vi in the word insinuates virility and it also rhymes with Niagara which is the world’s most powerful waterfall. Drug companies are also prone to using the letters Q, X, Z and V because they give a high tech and technological feel to the product.

Another erectile dysfunction drug which has a name which insinuates its function is Levitra. The first part of the word looks like lever, lift or levitate and it loosely rhymes with Viagra which is the most famous erectile drug of all.

Companies that make fake versions of erectile dysfunction medication tend to give the drugs ridiculously suggestive names such as Virile Boost, V. Max and the like. If you ever come across erectile dysfunction medication which has a name like the chances are that it is dangerous and illegal.