The Viagra Revolution

Viagra the erectile dysfunction drug has caused a revolution in the way that impotence is treated and in how it is perceived. In fact before the launch of Viagra in 1998 very few people actually knew what the words erectile dysfunction meant and normally the word impotence was used to describe men who could not perform sexually.

Before Viagra an impotent man may well have considered that the embarassment of admitting his impotence was worse than living without sex and therefore would have just kept quiet and lived a life of loneliness. The fact that erectile dysfunction is so widely talked about now, not just in medical circles, has removed much of the stigma and embarassment surrounding the condition. Helath professionals and doctors are constantly preaching the message that erectile dysfunction is just a simple medical condition and nothing more and this helps men pluck up the courage to go and see a doctor and to get help.

The launch of Viagra also paved the way for the other erectile dysfunction drugs Cialis and Levitra and made the pharmaceutical industry sit up and realise the extent of the erectile dysfunction problem and exactly how profitable erectile dysfunction cures could be. Viagra has definitely saved thousands of relationships and marriages and given the older generation a new lease of life and more fufilling sex lives.

In day pre Viagra, often the only hope for an impotent man way the use of a penile injection or a penile pump. It took a brave man to go and see his doctor in those days and an even braver one to inject his penis or have surgery for a erectile pump. The magic of making love would invariably be destroyed for the women on seeing her man injecting himself in the penis before he could get aroused. Sex for a woman is a very emotional thing and the erectile dysfunction could have more of a negative effect on the confidence of the women than on the confidence of the man in a sexual relationship.

Some people even joke that Viagra is a mental health drug as it can restore confidence and self esteem so easily and painlessly. The women often doesn't have to know that her partner is taking Viagra and may just think that she is extra attractive to her man. A clever man won't tell his partner anything about the Viagra and while she might suspect something, a clever woman won't ask questions.

Viagra has been shown to work in not just physical types of erectile dysfunction but also with the psychological forms of the condition which account for about 20% of all cases. Some doctors say that the psychological form of erectile dysfunction (caused by performance anxiety, stress and depression) is the more difficult one to treat but very often the man gets an erection before the Viagra starts to work just because of the mental knowledge that he has taken the famous erectile dysfunction pill and this alone can restore the man's sexual confidence and function.

The world will never really know to what extent things are different because of Viagra, but one thing is for sure, that Viagra started a revolution in the bedroom, in relationships, in the pharmaceutical industry and only a few people can say today that their lives have not been touched or changed due to the magical properties of the world's number 1 erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. When people discuss great inventions such as electricity and the internet and argue for the importance of each one, very often Viagra makes it close to to the top of the list of the world's most important and life changing inventions.