uk users - viridal shortage?

[mlc2010]

Viridal is brand name for caverject here, there was some manufacturing issue, now my chemist cant get any

anyone had alternatives prescribed to them?

[Hunchback]

EDEX has been completely OUT since ... FEBRUARY here in France. Because of that there's no Caverject to go around and it's been hell to get a god damned irreplaceable prescription drug for the past 4 months. :/

[Bluewhippet]

Viridal (Edex) in the USA and Caverject are the brand names for the same drug _ PGE1 otherwise known as Alprostadil. The main difference is that Caverject in 10mcg and 20 mcg are supplied as a dry powder in a syringe with 2 chambers. When you press the plunger the bacterostatic water in one chamber mixes with the dry powder to make it injectable. The 40 mcg dose is supplied in a separate vial together with a syringe of 1 ml of water to be injected into the vial. The reqired dose can then be withdrawn fom the vial for injection. All the doses of Viridal including 40mcg are in dual chamber syringes similar to Caverject. I find that Caverject supply from my UK chemist can be unreliable but Viridal can then be substituted.

[Robotjim]

Viridal is brand name for caverject here, there was some manufacturing issue, now my chemist cant get any

anyone had alternatives prescribed to them?

Viridal is brand name for caverject here, there was some manufacturing issue, now my chemist cant get any

anyone had alternatives prescribed to them?

I have been able to switch to caverject with no problems with supply. Prefer to use viridal which is much easier to use.

[JimStars]

You can get MUSE urethral supp in UK yes??

If you can get regular syringes and bact water you can convert it easily to injectable liquid.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7620&p=53997&hilit=MUSE#p53997

The trick will be in fooling your Doc into giving you a prescription for it -- hopefully without having to actually try a urethral application -- which you probably would not like.

But you might just have to Man UP and try one application at the Docs to get on with a lifetime supply -- for example 1 MUSE pellet can make enough for 50 shots of 20mcg PGE-1 .... and it usually is sold as a box of six ... a years supply even if used every day of the week (except Sundays! ) ).

J

[mlc2010]

Viridal is brand name for caverject here, there was some manufacturing issue, now my chemist cant get any

anyone had alternatives prescribed to them?

Viridal is brand name for caverject here, there was some manufacturing issue, now my chemist cant get any

anyone had alternatives prescribed to them?

I have been able to switch to caverject with no problems with supply. Prefer to use viridal which is much easier to use.

ah so they are prescribing caverject now instead of viridal? I should visit my GP and ask him to switch

[Bluewhippet]

What your doctor should be prescribing is PGE1 (Alprostadil) and the dose. That gives your chemist the option to supply either Caverject or Viridal (Edex) depending on availability. If you have a preference you can tell your chemist and they will first try to supply that. That is what I do and it makes regular supply easier when there are shortages.

[Larry10625]

You can get MUSE urethral supp in UK yes??

If you can get regular syringes and bact water you can convert it easily to injectable liquid.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7620&p=53997&hilit=MUSE#p53997

The trick will be in fooling your Doc into giving you a prescription for it -- hopefully without having to actually try a urethral application -- which you probably would not like.

But you might just have to Man UP and try one application at the Docs to get on with a lifetime supply -- for example 1 MUSE pellet can make enough for 50 shots of 20mcg PGE-1 .... and it usually is sold as a box of six ... a years supply even if used every day of the week (except Sundays! ) ).

J

Not allowed to fuck on the Sabbath?

Larry

[mlc2010]

What your doctor should be prescribing is PGE1 (Alprostadil) and the dose. That gives your chemist the option to supply either Caverject or Viridal (Edex) depending on availability. If you have a preference you can tell your chemist and they will first try to supply that. That is what I do and it makes regular supply easier when there are shortages.

so this is what I exactly did, and they said caverject is also having manufacturing problems,and back in stock august 8th haha