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iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:08 am	Post subject: 50 percent of Chinese men are impotence? More than 50 percent of Chinese men over 40 suffer from varying degrees of impotence and most delay seeking treatment because they are too embarrassed, according to this article. 50% sounds awfully high to me, but if this is right, is Pfizer seeing a great potential in China?


Thais Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Location: UK Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:40 am	Post subject: With China's population of well over a billion people, a study on 1000 men seems a little...unrealistic. Could http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6168689 possibly have had anything to do with such a high rate of impotence?? Being given high benefits for not having children could very well be a psychological factor for not being able to....

cloningOk Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:46 am	Post subject: Viagra is very popular in US. Is it because the drug is used as a recreational drug more and more or because many men were actually impotent whether it's caused by stress, depression or something else?

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 9:20 am	Post subject: Thais wrote: Being given high benefits for not having children could very well be a psychological factor for not being able to.... I kind of doubt it. People have sex(without using condoms) even if they know that they have chance to get HIV and other STD. I doubt if some benefit will change people's attitude/motivation toward sex. Thais wrote: With China's population of well over a billion people, a study on 1000 men seems a little...unrealistic. This is a very small sample, but this may or may not be a good reference when we look at the population where the sample is taken(major cities?). cloningOk wrote: Viagra is very popular in US. Is it because the drug is used as a recreational drug more and more or because many men were actually impotent whether it's caused by stress, depression or something else? The type of drug may sell well there, though authentic US Viagra would probably not sell well as it is too expensive.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:06 am	Post subject: That does sound remarkably high... could it be related to diet? The Chinese diet is very different to many other parts of the world... Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:33 am	Post subject: Personally, I believe they have good diet. Chinese food is pretty balanced(I think). ... not quite sure why the number is so high. It intrigues me that the country has the biggest population in the world, on the contrary.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:11 pm	Post subject: I'm not saying they don't have a good diet... I'm just wondering if there is something in their diet that makes impotency more likely. Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:26 pm	Post subject: A lot of people smoke. Can it be the cause? I thought Europeans smoke a lot even today. I know that smoking in public places is banned in some European countries(Ireland?), but it's only recent, right? Maybe stress, since the country is going through such dramatic social and economic changes?

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:32 pm	Post subject: I don't know anything about smoking in China... is it particularly bad? I wouldn't think it'd be down to stress. Although China is going through a lot of change, most Chinese people are probably going about their daily lives much as they always did... Aaron

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iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:08 am

Post subject: 50 percent of Chinese men are impotence?

More than 50 percent of Chinese men over 40 suffer from varying degrees of impotence and most delay seeking treatment because they are too embarrassed, according to this article. 50% sounds awfully high to me, but if this is right, is Pfizer seeing a great potential in China?

Thais

Joined: 07 Aug 2004

Location: UK

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:40 am

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With China's population of well over a billion people, a study on 1000 men seems a little...unrealistic.

Could http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=6168689 possibly have had anything to do with such a high rate of impotence??

Confused

Being given high benefits for not having children could very well be a psychological factor for not being able to....

cloningOk

Joined: 25 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:46 am

Post subject:

Viagra is very popular in US. Is it because the drug is used as a recreational drug more and more or because many men were actually impotent whether it's caused by stress, depression or something else?

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 9:20 am

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Thais wrote:

Being given high benefits for not having children could very well be a psychological factor for not being able to....

I kind of doubt it. People have sex(without using condoms) even if they know that they have chance to get HIV and other STD. I doubt if some benefit will change people's attitude/motivation toward sex.

Thais wrote:

With China's population of well over a billion people, a study on 1000 men seems a little...unrealistic.

This is a very small sample, but this may or may not be a good reference when we look at the population where the sample is taken(major cities?).

cloningOk wrote:

The type of drug may sell well there, though authentic US Viagra would probably not sell well as it is too expensive.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:06 am

Post subject:

That does sound remarkably high... could it be related to diet? The Chinese diet is very different to many other parts of the world...

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:33 am

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Personally, I believe they have good diet. Chinese food is pretty balanced(I think). ... not quite sure why the number is so high. It intrigues me that the country has the biggest population in the world, on the contrary.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:11 pm

Post subject:

I'm not saying they don't have a good diet... I'm just wondering if there is something in their diet that makes impotency more likely.

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:26 pm

Post subject:

A lot of people smoke. Can it be the cause? I thought Europeans smoke a lot even today. I know that smoking in public places is banned in some European countries(Ireland?), but it's only recent, right?

Maybe stress, since the country is going through such dramatic social and economic changes?

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 12:32 pm

Post subject:

I don't know anything about smoking in China... is it particularly bad?

I wouldn't think it'd be down to stress. Although China is going through a lot of change, most Chinese people are probably going about their daily lives much as they always did...

Aaron

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