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Ditka is Iron Mike again - thanks to new sex drug Levitra
-- Alex Marvez
Posted September 14 2003
The makers of Levitra hope those with erectile dysfunction want to be
like Mike.
As in "Iron" Mike Ditka, the NFL legend who is the spokesman
for a new Viagra-like drug.
"I'm not embarrassed to talk about it," Ditka said of his
own personal usage. "I'm not half a man. I just need help, and that's
what this pill is all about.
"I don't care what people think. What difference does it make? Iron
Mike's rusty Mike. What the heck?"
The fact Ditka was a Viagra user and had a heart attack in 1988 made
him an appealing pitchman as part of the NFL's new relationship with the
pharmaceutical companies that make Levitra. So did Ditka's masculine image.
Ditka hopes his involvement will inspire other men suffering from the
same problem to seek treatment.
"This also has to do with heart, diabetes, prostate," said
Ditka, 63. "It's just to make men more aware. If they think they
have a problem, the only way they can find out is to see a doctor. If
you're going to approach men about their health, what better way than
through the NFL?"
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