Viagra, the original erectile dysfuntion pill, has now been on the market for ten years, bombarding us with bad commercials, possible side effects, and more joke material than that annoying guy at your office can use.
When the drug came out in 1998, men suffering from impotence were allowed an opportunity to defy nature and revive their dormant penises without resorting to pumps or injections, something that Doctors think addressed a significant health problem. The pop-pill also brought sexual health into the public spotlight, allowing men to speak freely about their private problems and remove the taboo status of discussing sexuality (which was never spoken of under any circumstances before 1998, ahem).
While Viagra paved the way for more ED drugs and furthered America’s juvenile obsession with sex just a tad, the drug itself works only for about two thirds of all men that use it. It has also been reported that partners of men who use Viagra feel unnattractive. Seeing that their mates need to induce an erection medically in order to become aroused makes them feel less sexy than the days before Viagra, when all that was available was the brown paper bag with a picture of a Revlon model pasted to it. Still, the influential pill from Pfizer has benefited many and continues to be an unforgettable piece of American culture.
The major drug company is currently working on an opposite and more useful pill that hinders the ability of teen to college-age men to get erections.
