The results and findings of studies of preclinical and clinical efficacy and safety of the Company’s medications and their components are published in Russian and international peer-reviewed scientific journals, including those indexed by international bibliographic databases.
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Presented the results of comparative studies of effectiveness of mono- and combined therapy with Impaza and phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (sildenafil, tadalafil, vardenafil). Application of Impaza – the only drug increasing the level of endogenous NO, allowed to restore endothelial function and as well to increase the effectiveness of erectile dysfunction oral monotherapy with phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors due to their combination with Impaza.
Abstract
Preclinical study of the safety of 6 preparations containing ultralow doses of antibodies to endogenous regulators showed that they are relatively safe, are well tolerated by animals in doses more than 1000-fold surpassing the therapeutic dose for humans, and produce no general toxic effect on the organism of laboratory animals.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Earlier studies have shown that sildenafil may modify some aspects of male rat sexual behavior and sexual incentive motivation. Stimulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) has also been reported to affect sexual motivation in old rats.
AIM: To determine the effects of sildenafil and a compound stimulating eNOS on copulatory behavior and sexual incentive motivation in young adult Fisher 344 and Wistar male rats.
METHODS:
The rats were selected for a low intromission ratio, and then treated with Impaza (stimulator of eNOS), sildenafil, or Impaza + sildenafil for 28 days. Tests for copulatory behavior and sexual incentive motivation were performed before the beginning of treatment and at days 7, 14, and 28 of treatment.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
Standard parameters of copulatory behavior and sexual incentive motivation. Measurements of penis length at mount, intromission, and ejaculation.
RESULTS:
The Fisher 344 rats displayed a higher level of sexual incentive motivation than the Wistar rats, while the copulatory behavior was similar in both strains. Impaza and sildenafil enhanced the sexual incentive motivation after 28 days of treatment in the Wistar rats, but failed to do so in the Fisher 344 rats. The copulatory behavior was unaffected in the Wistar strain, while the Fisher 344 males had an enhanced intromission ratio after treatment with Impaza and sildenafil for 28 days.
CONCLUSIONS:
The nitric oxide-guanylyl cyclase pathway seems to be of importance for sexual incentive motivation in animals with a modest baseline level. The different drug effects in the Wistar and Fisher 344 rats can be attributed to baseline differences. The importance of eNOS for sexual functions should not be overlooked.
Abstract
Several proerectile drugs act on the nitric oxide–cyclic guanosine monophopsphate pathway, which is known to influence rat copulatory behavior. In the present study we evaluated the effects of two proerectile compounds, one (Impaza) acting on endothelial nitric oxide synthase, and the other (sildenafil) on phosphodiesterase 5, on sexual incentive motivation in male rats displaying a spontaneously low level of motivation and copulatory behavior. About 20 months old male Fisher 344 rats were tested in a procedure for evaluating the intensity of sexual incentive motivation and in standard mating tests. For comparison, a group of young (about 4 months) Fisher 344 males was tested in parallel. This group did not receive any drug treatment. Impaza was administered in two doses, daily for 28 days, and sildenafil was given at a dose of 3 mg/kg twice a week during 28 days. Tests for sexual incentive motivation and copulatory behavior were performed immediately before the beginning of drug treatments, and on days 7, 14 and 28 of treatment. All treatment groups displayed a very low level of copulatory behavior and a sexually receptive female was not a more powerful incentive than another male at the tests performed before and on days 7 and 14 of treatment. On day 28 of treatment, the group treated with Impaza, 3 ml, displayed a preference for the sexually receptive female, while no such preference was found in the other groups. Furthermore, the preference score was above that of controls in this group. Both Impaza, 3 ml, and sildenafil reduced approach to the male in the test for sexual incentive motivation, suggesting that social motivation was reduced. These data suggest that compounds affecting the nitric oxide–cyclic guanosine monophopsphate pathway may modify both sexual and social motivation in old rats.
