Injections

Do you know of any doctors who give collagenase injections for Peyronie’s disease?

Dr. Levine answers: Collagenase injections are not yet available for clinical use nor have the clinical trials begun. Auxilium, the pharmaceutical company who is investigating collagenase is developing a placebo-controlled trial that must go through FDA approval before initiation. These negotiations as well as finalizing the manufacturing

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What are your thoughts on the upcoming collagenase injections that are supposed to be marketed in 2007-2008? Why weren’t these injections pushed before, it seems like verapamil was the hot PD drug for injections and now you are hearing more and more about collagenase. What are your predictions on the efficacy of this type of treatment or feasibility?

Collagenase is an enzyme which breaks down collagen which is the primary component of the Peyronie’s plaque. Studies using collagenase began in the 1980s. These showed some benefit but not necessarily dramatic benefit in the early studies that were done at that time. Unfortunately because of lack

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I have had Peyronie’s disease for 1 year and 10 months and just went through Intron A injections every 2 weeks for 3 months. I have not seen any change. The Peyronie’s specialist wants to do a second wave of injections. If this did not work at all, do you think it is wise to go through a second injection battery?

In my opinion when a man goes through an injection therapy with verapamil or Intron A, and there is no visible benefit of the erect deformity of the penis following a course of 6 injections, then further injection is unlikely to result in any substantial benefit. Recently

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Is it possible that injecting human growth factor into the affected area of plaque would break down this fibrous tissue? Given that as a side effect for heart patients who have been administered this, had fibrous or fibrotic tissue broken down.

There has been no study of human growth hormone (hGH) in Peyronie’s disease. I am unaware of the ability of hGH to dissolve collagen or scar. In all of the medical conferences that I have attended in the past decade that have included Peyronie’s disease research presentations,

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