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ReviewTherapeutics and clinical risk management2014

Avanafil for erectile dysfunction in elderly and younger adults: differential pharmacology and clinical utility.

Eric G Katz, Ronny Bw Tan, Daniel Rittenberg, Wayne J Hellstrom

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Review in Therapeutics and clinical risk management, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A Pragmatic Approach to Sexual Health in Movement Disorders.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2025
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  5. Avanafil use in patients with erectile dysfunction and co-morbidities: Clinical insights from multiple aetiologies - A case series.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eric G KatzTulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Ronny Bw TanDepartment of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Daniel RittenbergTulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Wayne J HellstromSection of Andrology, Department of Urology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Tulane University · USTan Tock Seng Hospital · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment modalities of erectile dysfunction range from oral pharmacotherapy to intracavernosal injections, intraurethral pellets, vacuum erectile devices, and the surgical option of penile prosthesis insertion. Oral phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors still remain the preferred treatment for patients since they are the least invasive, not to mention that they can be prescribed by non-urologists. Due to these factors, there has been development of newer drugs with fewer side effects. This is a review of the second generation phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor, avanafil, looking into its pharmacology as well as its clinical utility. Avanafil's faster onset and shorter duration of action has made it preferred as compared to other PDE5 inhibitors for patients with multiple comorbidities.

Indexed as

impotencenitric oxidephosphodiesterase 5 inhibitorssexual dysfunctionsildenafil

Identifiers

PMID25210457
PMCPMC4155803
OpenAlexW2039447561

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