Friday Foolishness - Viagra Creates Life

Got one of those stupid questions answered today.

Why do they fight insurance coverage on birth control - but allow insurance coverage on Viagra and Cialis?
Cause both Viagra and Cialis are about creating life - babies - pro-life.

When Democratic state Sen. John Marty asked why this drug needed to be regulated, rather than errectile dystfunction medications such as Viagra, Republican Sen. Paul Gazelka, the bill’s sponsor, responded that unlike RU-486, Viagra is a “wonderful drug” that “helps create life.”  When I asked Sen. Gazelka if he could clarify his response, he told me via email that:

    comparing Viagra to RU-486 was comparing apples and oranges or more like comparing life and death. Viagra is a wonderful medical advancement in that can help couples with sexual disfunction issues…it can even help in producing life. RU486 always destroys life by taking the life of the unborn child

 Well I had to think about that for about a second or two only, before I went searching for more info.

Most Viagra users today, according to Pfizer, are in their early to mid 50s.

The average age of men taking Viagra is 53 years old.

Ewwwwwwwww

Baby makers

On average - theses "baby-makers"  would be in their late 60's early 70's when the kid finally graduated from high school

Ewwwwwwwww , yuck!

But then I found another piece of information.

Ya know how RWNJ's don't want anybody keeping track in their weapon business?

Ya know how RWNJ's don't want anybody keeping track keeping track of their weapons.

Well - those same RWNJ's are being monitored for their "gun" use, through their insurance records.

 

The Technical Details

Their final data included 1,410,806 male beneficiaries continuously enrolled for 24 months: 12 months before and 12 months after the first ED drug prescription was filled. All men were over the age of 40 with private, employer-based insurance from 44 large companies.

The pharmacy claims included all the information in the drug claims – the type of drug, drug name, national drug code, dosage, and days supplied. The medical claims included the date of service, diagnosis, and procedure code. Researchers observed a person in one of four quarters of the year. They classified a person as using an ED drug if they filled one or more prescriptions for either sildenafil (Viagra), radalafil, or vardenafil in that quarter. People were flagged who had at least one claim for one of the following STDs: HIV/AIDS, chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, syphilis, or other (Haemophilus ducreyi infection, or lymphogranuloma venereum).The STD indicators in the medical claims were identified according to International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, diagnoses.

 Too funny.