Study Shows More Men Are Using Viagra Without Prescription

A survey presented at San Francisco during the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society revealed that more and more men are using Viagra and other male-enhancement drugs to cure their sexual disorders without any proper prescription. The initial findings of the study showed that 6 per cent of the respondents reported using ED drugs without consulting a professional medical practitioner. Most of them admitted of getting their drugs from friends, peers and other non-medical sources, including the Internet.

The study involved 234 men aged 18-25 years old and are all, at some point in their lives, had experienced erection problems. Thirteen per cent of the respondents admitted of having difficulty getting and maintaining an erection, while 25 per cent reported that they have lost their erection while putting a condom.

This study just seemed to further manifest the fact that most men are scared or embarrassed in having a condition as such. Many studies have been done and stated that erectile dysfunction is one of the most common disorder among men, and it is also one of the least likely to be treated because of its very personal nature. Most men don't even want to talk to their loved ones, much less to doctors about their problems. This, in turn, have boosted the male-enhancement pill industry over the Internet because drugs are readily available without any contact whatsoever.

But the most shocking part of the study is the fact that men are still very ignorant when it comes to this problem. The study revealed that 29 per cent of the men who admitted to have been using ED drugs really don't have any problems at all, and they said that they are only using these products to "enhance their sexual performance." Nearly two-thirds of those who used ED drugs also reported mixing the drugs with other drugs such as alcohol, marijuana, GHB, methamphetamine and cocaine. The report stated that because of this misinformation that they will have better sexual performance, these malpractice just "permits men in altered states to have risky sex, potentially contributing to unwanted pregnancies and spread of sexually-transmitted diseases."


That is why the researchers advises health care workers to start the conversation about erectile dysfunction and give people better understanding about this disorder and all the possible treatment for it.