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Under the new
strategy, the following men will also be eligible for the drug on the NHS:
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Men who were treated for prostate cancer.
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Men who were treated for kidney malfunction, by
transplantation and dialysis.
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Men who have had suffered from polio.
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Men who have had spinal bifida.
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Men with Parkinson's infection.
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Men with severe pelvic damage.
 Men who were receiving
weakness treatments on the NHS earlier than 14 September 1998
will also meet the criteria.
Mr. Dobson said
GPs should be classified to prescribing one pill per week.
The limitations on
Viagra are relevant to all other weakness treatments. Mr. Dobson justified the
restrictions on the grounds that the cost of making it extensively accessible
could not be justified in terms of his duties to the NHS as a whole.
Viagra now turn
into only the seventh drug to be restricted for this explanation under Schedule
11 of NHS (General medicinal Services) Regulations issued in 1992.
GPs will be
capable to write private recommendation for Viagra for their patients. The
application will come into consequence on 1 July, subject to parliamentary
agreement, and will be analysis in a year's time.
Mr. Dobson said
three quarters of the 861 replies he had received supported limitations on NHS
accessibility of Viagra.
Ten per cent
required the drug to be banned in general, he said. And over half said other
powerlessness treatments should be correspondingly restricted or forbidden.
Mr. Dobson said he
had to locate "a sensible balance among treating men with the upsetting
condition of inability, and protecting the possessions of the NHS to deal with
other patients".
NHS managers had
notify extensive access to the drug would cost the government? 00m a year. The change
in strategy is expected to lift up the charge of NHS Viagra from 2m a year to
4m.
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