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Since the introduction of effective oral therapy for erectile dysfunction (ED) in 1998, there has been a marked change in diagnostic and treatment patterns among physicians who see patients with ED. Initially after the approval of sildenafil, the great majority of prescriptions were written by urologists. Now, as primary care physicians have become increasingly sophisticated in their knowledge of ED, they, along with their nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants, account for about two-thirds of prescriptions written for phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitors.
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Sharlip, I.D. (2005). When to Refer the Patient With Erectile Dysfunction to a Specialist. In: Broderick, G.A. (eds) Oral Pharmacotherapy for Male Sexual Dysfunction. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-871-4:185
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