Subsidised Viagra For Australian Soldiers

In Australia it is possible for war veterans who are suffering from erectile dysfunction to get subsidised Viagra from the government and thousands of them have signed up for the program. The Viagra is administered under the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and caters for men who fought in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq and who as a results of the wars have suffered physically or psychologically as a result and thus they have erection difficulties.

The men have been taking advantage of the Scheme since 1998 when it was launched and now around 400 men are signed up for it. The Scheme does not give them completely free Viagra but subsidises the majority of the cost so that the war veterans are only required to pay around $5 per packet of 4 Viagra pills. The Scheme is popular as it cost the Veterans' Affairs Department around one million dollars annually.

Not all ex-soldiers are automatically entitled to get this subsidised Viagra as the rules clearly say that the erection problems that the men suffer from must be a result of some war time injury or stress and the men have to get medical examinations to prove this is the case before getting signed up on the program. Viagra is not available to other soldiers on normal drug benefit schemes that are provided by the Federal Government in Australia.

Viagra is not available to other soldiers on normal drug benefit schemes that are provided by the Federal Government in Australia.

Viagra has been a real boost to old men who have been able to reclaim back their sex lives after a period of weak erections and erectile dysfunction caused by poor blood supply to the penile artery. Almost all men over the age of 50 have suffered from erectile dysfunction at some point in their lives and Viagra has worked wonders for them and in some cases restored and strengthened their relationships.