Viagra for ladies "Addyi", the impact of a month after it appeared?

ByGeorgie Pauwels

It is said to be Viagra for women "AddyiIn August 2015American Food and Drug Administration(FDA)Approval came down, and it appeared on the market on October 17, two months after that. Whereas Viagra for men restores "sexual function", Addyi stimulates female "sexual desire", but how much Addyi impacted the market in the month after its appearance, Bloomberg Business has opened it.

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To put it briefly, on March 27, 1998, the number of prescriptions issued when Viagra for men first appeared on the market had exceeded 500,000 in one month, but as a Viagra for women for the first time Approved Addyi is using only 227 people in one week after release. Actually, Stephanie Forbion, director of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA said, "I thought that there were many requests, but there were only a few questions and I have never actually been prescribed." I am talking.

Viagra for women "Addyi" has been dismissed twice in the past for application to FDA, and has just been approved in August 2015. Regarding FDA's approval, it caused a major controversy such as "there are side effects such as hypotension and syncope" and "the effect of medicine is only 10% greater than placebo drugs".

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Immediately after FDA approval, Sprout of developer of Addyi was acquired by pharmaceutical company Valeant, but Valeant's stock price in just one month after medicine on the market has reached a minimum of 71.46 dollars in the last two and a half years (About 8800 yen) is recorded. Because Valeant currently has many problem elements in addition to Addyi, the decline in stock prices is not necessarily the influence of Addyi, but in fact, Addyi still has major obstacles to spread it It can be said.

◆ Only certified doctors and pharmacists can prescribe

BySteve Smith

When Addyi received approval from the FDA, the condition was given that "it can only be obtained through special trained and approved medical experts and pharmacies". The doctor's training itself ends in about 10 minutes via the Internet, but finally it is necessary to fax the document, which means that this has become an obstacle to the doctors. Currently, there are 5,600 people, about 1% of the total number of doctors qualified as obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States. It is thought that the number of certified physicians will increase if all processes are completed on the Internet.

◆ Viagra for men is different in usage and effect

ByHelga Weber

Viagra for men can get effects as soon as you drink, but you need to drink medication on a daily basis in order to use Addyi for its effects. This is because Viagra for men improves the blood flow around the penis, while Addyi acts on neurotransmitters such as dopamine and norepinephrine. The action of Addyi is similar to antidepressant and acts on "mood" rather than physical, but this point may be a cause of discouraging a woman who was longing for a treatment medicine .

◆ There are few women subject to medicine
AddyiSexual desire disorderIt exerts its effect on premenopausal women suffering from menopause and there is no effect if a decrease in sexual desire is caused by a physical problem or relationship with a partner. Therefore, compared to Viagra for men, there are few women to be treated in the first place.

◆ Price
Sprout has not announced the price, but in one clinic Addyi is prescribed at 26 dollars (3210 yen) per tablet. Although Addyi should be taken on a daily basis, insurance often does not work, and it costs about $ 780 (about 96,000 yen) per month. However, in the past Sprout said "We plan to prepare a program that can take medicine at $ 20 per month (2500 yen)", and there is also the possibility that price cuts will be made in the future.

◆ You must avoid alcohol intake

ByMr. TinDC

One of the reasons that Addyi's prescription is undesirable is that "alcohol must be refrained". For 18 months before sale, Sprout did not advertise this point to consumers extensively, but after the acquisition was made by Valeant, this policy changed.

◆ Other elements
Valeant, a pharmaceutical company, is currently in a dilet because the price rise of existing drugs and the pharmacy called Philidor Rx Services has been pointing out that the sales are being inflated. Philidor Rx Services has already closed its business, but if it was planned, it was supposed to handle Addyi at the store. At the time of release, Addyi did not make direct advertisements to consumers, but Sprout had only 150 physicians and pharmacists in charge of the managerial care team to teach about safe usage of Addyi, It is thought that small is also an obstacle to the spread of Addyi.

In addition, Thea Cacchioni, a sociologist at the University of Victoria in Canada, said he feels Addyi "I will not be a big hit". "The idea that" We should feel strong sexual desire anytime "is extremely recent.If you see people with excessive sexual desire to be reported in the media you feel pressure, Desire is too abstract too much to measure a lot less, "Cacchioni said.