Interviewer: And what kind of wave device does University of Utah Health have? Dr. Smith: We simply in fact got a new age device and it is the shockwave maker. We made certain we did as much research as we could, knowing that this is sort of a hot subject. A lot of individuals are very interested.
And so, in the men’s health department, we had a great deal of patients who came in and asked rather a bit about it so we did the very best research study that we might to discover a maker that might possibly provide us the best advantage. Now we’re really selective with our clients at the University of Utah, for who we would advise this to because it’s not covered by insurance coverage, it’s reasonably pricey.
For someone who has a moderate impotence, someone who’s taking tablets and doing rather well with them, they may have the ability to come off the tablets completely or require a lower dose of the pills. This isn’t for someone who has a serious erectile problem after they’ve had a surgical procedure like a prostatectomy or something like that.
This is for a really moderate to mild-moderate impotence. Those are individuals who’ve actually seen a take advantage of this machine. Now, if somebody truly desired to say, hey, can you do it? We could do it, however I would very much caution that to this most likely is not going to assist you.
However, in the future, it may be as long as the research study continues to look promising. Interviewer: And after those treatments, you said you continue to keep an eye on the client to see how things go. Usually, are there a lot of follow-ups after that or once the treatments are done and those brand-new blood vessels have grown, normally they make it through quite well and things work out? Dr.
Smith: That’s a long discussion that I have with clients, due to the fact that the huge thing is, is individuals are constantly trying to find the easy, quick fix. And a lot of times the advertisements that they have actually heard make the wave treatment look like a quick repair. And, you understand, with the shockwave therapy, it can be beneficial, but once again, a lot of these people don’t understand that, you know, sometimes they might not be an excellent candidate or it may not be useful for them.
