Yesterday, we learned about a pending law in Ecuador that would make good sex a "basic right" for women. Today, we learn that a working-class suburb in Chile is extending that right to old men, giving out free Viagra because "an active sexuality improves the overall quality of life."(And as we type this, we're on the phone with a travel agent deciding which Latin American country to move to.)
There are about 1,500 lucky men in the area eligible for the drug handout, and they can get as many as four pills a month. (We're definitely seeing if we can up that number up to eight or ten.)
To get the pills, a doctor has to certify that the patient suffers from erectile dysfunction, and that he doesn't have heart trouble that would be affected by the drug.
While some government insurance plans in the United States and around the world provide free Viagra, this program is unique because it just hands out the pills with no membership in an insurance plan.
Question raised: Should other countries give out free Viagra? Why is Latin America so sexually advanced? Where should we move?
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Friday 02 May
By whitey
They should send some to Bush and maybe he will fock himself to death !
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Saturday 03 May
By Bill
It always amazes me how the completely ignorant will put the Bush name into any article or situation regardless of the subject! What this country needs is a 'Voting Registration Examination'. Make it harder then getting a driver's license.
Friday 02 May
By viagrahater
My hubby scored viagra when it first came out, he was in his late mid 20's and he didn't need it at all.
For 5 HOURS every time I looked over at him he was 'waving' at me......I needed traction for certain body parts not to mention popsicles for other parts......
Viagra is about once or twice a year kinda FUN when he wants to half KILL ME.
I don't know what I'd do if they were giving out free viagra here in the States. RUN AND HIDE. lol
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Friday 02 May
By newnewsplease
uhh doctor's have been giving out free samples of Viagra. Also, more than 4 pills. When can you read something online that is news news and not recycled news.
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Friday 02 May
By Tom
I tried it when it first came out just out of curiosity. I reasoned that, maybe it could make something good even better. I was in my 40s then. It didn't seem to make any difference. Of course I didn't have penile dysfunction.
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Friday 02 May
By Former sailor
I don't know what doctor prescribed Viagra for you. A lot of doctors seem to be of the same misconception that you have, but Viagra is not a candy that one takes just to see if he likes it. Like other medications, Viagra should only be prescribed/taken when there is a medical reason for doing so, and when there are no medical contraindications for doing so. One big, and dangerous, consequence, can be priapism (see comment above, from Viagrahater, who, apparently, is not aware of the danger her husband faces when this happens!); and, of course, anyone with a heart condition should be VERY careful, particularly if he takes nitroglycerin! Ask your doc about these!
Many American physicians are treating this medication too lightly, handing out samples/prescriptions wholesale, but the South Americans seem to have an appropriate protocol established.
Saturday 03 May
By John
PLEASE don't send any to Bush. He's already ummm...done....the country and everyone in it and is a big enough tool as it is.
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Saturday 03 May
By stupid
Free speech is not constitutionally guranteed in South American countries. Life and liberty are not guaranteed. But their puppet governments want to guarantee erections and orgasms.
These countries apparently are so "fucked up" that there isn't even any irony left in the phrase. Literally fucked up.
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Saturday 03 May
By BIGAL COLEY
what the hell r we talking about here.
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Saturday 03 May
By Former sailor
Apparently, stupid "Stupid" and stupid "John have no idea, either!
Saturday 03 May
By Roberta
My husband of 37 years of an excellent marriage abandoned my self and his family when he started to have SD and Antropuase and a very very serious case of it instead of going for help.I tried everything to help him.I tried to find his doctor to call him but was not able to mostly due to some family members lack of help to do so.He was not taking his meds for high blood pressure well and was just not himself.Eight years later he was taking these things like candy.Prescriped one kind and then another and then another and they call it treatments.I believe his SD was driving him crazy.He died 2 years ago of a Heart Attack.A terrible waste of a good man.God Bless him.
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Sunday 15 June
By BMTONE
This is one of the thangs that got it's goods and it's bad. On the one hand you have some happy wifes. Then you have government that allows the drug companys little blue pill for free. Hmm. Or is this attempt at controlling the elderly population. Hmmm. One has to ask ones self what happens when social security gets wind of this. We all know what bad shape there in when it comes to the elderly. Hey old guy's on social security FEAR THE FREE LITTLE BLUE PILLS!
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