(HealthDayNews) -- Viagra may be the newest treatment for male erectile dysfunction and, it won't surprise you to know, it is also the costliest.
According to the journal Pharmacoeconomics, which compared three-year cost estimates for different non-surgical treatments for ED:
- Viagra used over those three years could have an estimated cost of $1,728,142.
- Second highest in cost are papaverine injections into the penis, at $384,624.
- Next are suppositories inserted into the urethra, at $266,483.
- Testosterone patches have an estimated cost of $81,866.
- And last come reusable vacuum devices, which cost $51,930.
The study assumes a managed-care plan with 100,000 enrollees and accounts for the costs of medical evaluation, treatment and follow-up examinations.
