Viagra remains prescription-only in the U.S., though.
Dr. Ratush said despite Viagra not being available as an OTC medication, it is easy to get, and people only need to tell their physicians the truth.
“If you have insurance or if you could afford to pay out of pocket to see a physician, then you can get this prescription,” he said.
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3 men on their experiences with Viagra
Our first guest said he was 19 and with his first girlfriend when he first tried Viagra.
“[I had] been with my girlfriend for almost a year, but we hadn’t had s e x yet. Neither of us had done it before. We were both really into it [b]ut every time that I tried to put it in, my cock would go soft. I quite quickly saw my doctor about it because it was putting a strain on our relationship,” he said.
A few sessions of s e x therapy initially failed to produce any improvement.
“I felt so ashamed and useless. I don’t know why my girlfriend stayed with me. It was making her upset. It made her feel like she wasn’t attractive enough. But I knew that there was something wrong with me. I was so anxious about losing my virginity,” he said.
That’s when the doctor reluctantly prescribed him Viagra.
“I got too nervous the first time I took it, so I didn’t feel aroused enough to do it. But after another attempt, we were finally able to have s e x. It felt amazing. I was so relieved. And that sort of broke down a barrier,” he recounted.
“For me, Viagra pushed me over this mental wall that I had built up around s e x, where nothing else seemed to work.”
For our second guest ‘R’, who is in his 50s, healthy, and exercises regularly, his first experience with Viagra was when he recently came out of a long-term relationship.
“[L]ast year, I had some anxiety about whether I will be able to keep an erection with some casual partners. And this, in part, was triggered by an experience with a particular casual partner who kind of primed me ahead of our encounter, that, you know, he wants to make sure that there wasn’t going to be a problem,” he said.
Our third guest Scott, who was the only one comfortable enough to use his first name, said he first tried Viagra out of curiosity.
“[The] first time I used Viagra would have been when I was maybe 19 or 20 years old, seven or eight years ago. [It] was on a night out, so I’d actually met a girl. We’d [gone] out clubbing, and I had a lot to drink,” he said.
When a friend offered him a Viagra pill from the few in his wallet, Scott said he decided to try and take one before they went back to the hotel.
One benefit he noticed from taking Viagra was the shortened wait time between getting erections or rounds of intercourse.
“[W]ith Viagra, you don’t need no breaks in between, you can finish and go again straight away. So that’s sort of what it brings to the table. So, if you’re ever trying to sort of impress a lady or on a weekend away, Viagra sort of allows you to go and go again,” said Scott.
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