Amino Actions. (L.A. Stories).Watch Out women. A Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. company called Vigel Inc. is marketing a product it's calling the new Viagra for women. It's a topical topical /top·i·cal/ (top´i-k'l) pertaining to a particular area, as a topical antiinfective applied to a certain area of the skin and affecting only the area to which it is applied. top·i·cal adj. gel containing an amino acid amino acid (əmē`nō), any one of a class of simple organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and in certain cases sulfur. These compounds are the building blocks of proteins. L-Arginine. That's the same stuff found in sex stores that promise to improve your love life. But Vigel is looking to bring it mainstream, like on your local drug store's shelf. One hitch hitch to fasten by a knot, usually used to describe tying a horse to a post. though. Pfizer Inc., the maker of the wildly popular Viagra, doesn't look too kindly at other companies trying to cash in on its trademarked name. It made a stink this summer when the maker of another topical gel made nearly identical claims. Darlene Hutton, a spokeswoman for Vigel, said not to worry. The Viagra claims were only made in a press release to media, and will not be used in advertising. "That's how we get people's attention," she said. |
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