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Viagra

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Also known as: sildenafil citrate
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Viagra was approved by the FDA 27 years ago. It changed how we talk about sex. • Mar. 27, 2025, 2:25 AM ET (USA Today)
US Military Spends Eight Times More on Viagra Than Gender-Affirming Care • Mar. 13, 2025, 7:15 AM ET (Newsweek)
Stiff penalty: B.C. sex shop fined $1M for selling Viagra and Cialis as natural health products • Mar. 8, 2025, 2:07 AM ET (CBC)

Viagra, trade name of the first oral drug for male impotence, introduced by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Inc., in 1998. Also known by the chemical name sildenafil citrate, it is one of a category of drugs known as phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors. See also PDE-5 inhibitor.

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