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·In reading several of the posts about the recent GW press releases and approval of Lotronex/Alosetron by the FDA, I'm getting confused about what that approval means for men.Specifically, the wording of the FDA approval (as displayed in these posts) ranges from "We don't RECOMMEND it for men" to "We don't APPROVE it for prescribing to men" to "Physicians CANNOT prescribe it for men". The admonitions seem to range from a benign caution up to an outright prohibition.Can someone DEFINITIVELY clear this up for me?? Is it NOT approved for use in men, and does that translate to an actual prohibition??If I ask my doctor to prescribe it for me because I want to try it, am I going to be asking him to break the law, or just go against a benign FDA recommendation?? Obviously, I don't want to ask a doc to break the law, but I would certainly discuss the possibilities with him if it was just a matter of insufficient data on male studies coupled with a soft FDA recommendation.Thanks...BJ