title: Vasoactive pharmacotherapy to cure erectile dysfunction: fact or fiction?
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. aburnett@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Arthur L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Burnett
mesh_terms: D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000527:Alprostadil / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods; D015331:Cohort Studies; D054706:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000098:blood supply; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000187:drug effects; D010879:Piperazines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011687:Purines; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D000068677:Sildenafil Citrate; D013450:Sulfones; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D010879:Piperazines; D011687:Purines; D013450:Sulfones; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D000068677:Sildenafil Citrate; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; D054706:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5; C517381:PDE5A protein, human; D000527:Alprostadil