Viagra’s Amazing Sales
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The figures for the sales of Viagra since its launch in June 1998 in the United States are astounding. For example the figures show that over one million doctors have issued over 150 million doctor’s prescriptions for the miracle erectile dysfunction drug. It is also estimated that as many as 40 million men have made use of Viagra at some point in around 120 different countries around the world.
Other fascinating Viagra facts are that 9 Viagra tablets are issued by pharmacies around the world every single second which means over 500 each minute. Considering the vast amount of Viagra issued the drug has a very credible safety record and its side effects are minimal.
Viagra is also the most plagarised drug in the world with secret (and not so secret factories) in China and India churning out vast quantities of illegal Viagra that has differing quantities of the all-important active ingredient of the impotence drug namely sildenafil citrate. In fact the incredible statistics of the sales of the Viagra drug would be considerably better (double according to some analysts) if the problem of these fake copies could be stamped out.
It is also thought that many men who have erectile dysfunction are still hesitant about coming forward to see a doctor and get medical help. It is estimated that as many as a third of all men in the world who are over the age of 40 suffer from at least a mild form of erectile dysfunction that can often be resolved with Viagra.
Viagra’s popularity and ease of application has caused a big reduction of sales and popularity for the industry of penile implants, which pre Viagra were the only real way of curing chronic erectile dysfunction.
Unlike many drugs it is not possible to get addicted to Viagra. It is true that some men get psychologically dependent on the drug to feel sexually confident in bed and this could mean that they have problems with getting an erection without it when in fact they are physically able to do so. It is advisable to only use Viagra when you really need it rather that to use it as a lifestyle drug, as increased used of the drug when you don’t really need it could mean that in later life it will not be such a novelty and you will be so used to it that it may not be so effective.