Vivus Muse Ad Omits Route Of Administration, FDA Warning Letter Says
Executive Summary
A television advertisement for Vivus' erectile dysfunction urethral suppository Muse (alprostadil) fails to disclose the route of administration, an FDA warning letter says
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Use of the term "urethral suppository" in a consumer print ad for the transurethral alprostadil erectile dysfunction therapy represents an "unfamiliar medical term," FDA maintains in April 1 letter to firm. "The majority of men exposed to this advertisement will not understand that Muse is a suppository designed to be inserted in the opening of a man's penis," FDA explains. Muse TV broadcast ads were the subject of a February NOV letter from FDA for inadequate information on side effects, including hypotension ("The Pink Sheet" March 9, p. 12)
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