Viagra Information Database
By Corey Nahman, Registered Pharmacist (NYS 35518)
People always ask "Where's the best place to buy Viagra?" We
investigated the top websites that sell Viagra before we wrote
this page. We learned what to look for in order to find legitimate Viagra websites.
You need to know that:
- Half the Viagra sold on the internet is fake.
- Most of the websites that sell Viagra are located in 3rd world countries but they lie and pretend to be American or Canadian.
- There is no such thing as an FDA approved generic Viagra.
Things To Be Suspicious Of:
- You want to make sure there is a physical address on the
website selling the Viagra. It should be a real address, not a P.O.
box. If there is no address that is a bad sign.
Why would someone want to hide their address? No address means
that they are deliberately making it hard for you to track them down
in case there is a problem.
Viagra Buying Tips
- The website selling the Viagra should have a toll free telephone number. If something goes wrong you want to be able to speak to a real live person. It is very frustrating to only be able to communicate by e-mail when you have a problem.
- Test the telephone number before you place your order. Ask
the person who answers the phone where the product is shipped from.
If they don't answer to your satisfaction, it's a bad sign.
- Do they have a 24-hour chat or IM customer service? The reliable, established internet pharmacies all have this service integrated into their sites. If they have such a service, test drive it.
How long does it take for the person on the other end to respond? Ask them some questions such as: "how long have you been in business? Who is the manufacturer of your Viagra? Where is it shipped from? How long does it take to get my shipment?"
- Ask them if they do the shipping and handling or if they only do the billing.
There is a good chance that the person on the other end of the phone
is just a go-between; a clerk in front of a credit card machine, doing the billing for hundreds of Viagra websites.
In many instances, they have no idea who the Viagra merchant is; all
they know is that once a month they get a commission check from
someone they have never seen or met in person.
Their job is answering the phone and ringing up your sale. After your
credit card has been charged, the relationship is over.
- You get what you pay for. If it seems too good to be true, it
probably is too good to be true. You are better off paying $10.00 per
pill at your local drugstore and getting genuine American Viagra than paying $6.00 for a so-called generic Viagra on the internet and getting a fake.
- Your first purchase should be for a small quantity of pills. Don't start of with thirty tablets. Buy five or ten. Make sure the Viagra is legit and the shipping and billing goes smoothly before you make a large purchase.
You should never deal with a site from Russia or Nigeria, places where identity theft is common. Scammers in these countries have been known to set up sham Viagra web sites just so they could steal your credit card information.
Did you know that Pfizer (the only legitimate manufacturer of Viagra) has a program whereby they offer one free Viagra tablet for every 3 pills you buy?
Who does this site recommend?
http://canadianmedsworld.in/group.php?id=131&aid=4633
If you are looking for generic Viagra (silendafil) we recommend canadianmedsworld.in.
- They get their generic Viagra from Cipla (the largest pharmaceutical company in India). Cipla does business in more than 170 countries including the USA and their manufacturing facilities have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- They have been in business since 1998.
- They have a 24-hour toll free telephone number AND 24-hour online chat custome service.
- Their prices are reasonable, and they have no hidden fees.
- They have a guarantee whereby if your stuff gets confiscated by postal authorities, they will reship you a replacement for free.
- They also have a money back guarantee in case you are not satisfied for any reason.
Where does fake Viagra come from?
Most of the fake Viagra comes from China and South America where the laws regarding pharmaceuticals are lax.
Most of the Viagra selling websites are fly-by-night operations looking
to make a quick buck. They often masquerade as American or
Canadian internet pharmacies but they are usually located outside the law in countries such as Cambodia or Bulgaria.
Real or Fake? What's The Big Deal?
Many sites sell counterfeit Viagra to unsuspecting people at highly
inflated prices.
Sometimes they sell you a little baggie of half-tablets and Viagra
crumbs. And when you try to call the "1-800" telephone number on
the site you brought the pills from to complain, all you get is the
run-around.
A common scheme is that people try to sell you sell so-called
generic Viagra that contains no active ingredient. The poorer the country is, the easier it is to bribe local officials to look the other way.
One hundred dollars goes a long way out in the boondocks of China or Mexico. If you live in one of these countries, it is easy to open a pill factory to manufacture fake Viagra.
These little factories are like meth labs - they stay open a short while, manufacture several thousand bootleg or counterfeit pills and move on before they get caught.
In the US, Viagra costs no more than $9.00 or $10.00 per pill. When you buy Viagra on the internet prices vary by as much as 50% so it pays to comparison shop.
If you buy a larger quantity you should pay less per pill. If you buy a
smaller quantity you will pay more per pill.
In general, the farther away the Viagra seller is, the easier it is for
them to rip you off.
Avoid buying Viagra from Asia, South America, Mexico and the
Caribbean because that's where a lot of the fake Viagra comes from.
Another reason to avoid buying Viagra from outside the United States
is the pills might be confiscated by postal authorities when they reach
the United States.
This is happening more and more each day as the FDA and the DEA
crack down on the illegal importation of drugs into the USA.
Viagra Information On The Internet:
Viagra Price Comparison: There is a lot of competition between sites
that sell Viagra. This competition drives down the prices.
Our editors have searched the internet. You should be
able to get a good price on genuine Viagra if you comparison shop.
Official website; Geared to patients; all about Viagra and erections.
Includes an offer for 6 free pills of Viagra.
Official Viagra website for healthcare professionals; How to start and
maintain patients on Viagra, Multimedia presentation, prescribing
information, etc. This site also has a section where you can report an
adverse regarding Viagra.
Official Viagra Prescribing Information
(Package Insert); dose, mechanism of action, side effects, precautions,
warnings; patient information; very technical, don't get scared when
you come to the section on warnings and side effects.
- Viagra FDA Consumer Information
Who should avoid Viagra, precautions, side effects.
- Viagra Scientific Papers
National Library Of Medicine; automated Medline search; a listing of
scientific papers in condensed form regarding Viagra.
- Viagra Versus Levitra
From Forbes magazine 10/06/03; M. Herper
and A. Lagorce; Side by side comparison of various characteristics;
cost, pharmacokinetics, marketing tactics, etc.
- Viagra Versus Cialis
From Forbes magazine 12/03/03; M. Herper;
side by side comparison of various characteristics in slide show
format.
- Viagra News
(from Google) ; recently published news regarding
Viagra.
What Is Viagra and How Does It Work?
All three of the erectile dysfunction drugs (Viagra, Levitra and Cialis)
are similar in action. They block an enzyme that causes an erection
to go flaccid. Although these drugs are similar in action, their dose,
onset of action time and duration of action differ.
Viagra (Sildenafil) is a member of a family of drugs called PDE5
Inhibitors. Viagra was the first PDE5 inhibitor on the market. FDA
was approved Viagra on March 27, 1998. The team of scientists
who discovered Viagra won the Nobel Prize.
The BIG Discovery: cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)
Some very smart scientists discovered that cyclic guanosine
monophosphate (cGMP) was the key to sustaining an erection.
They discovered that when a man gets sexually stimulated, a chain
reaction occurs in the tissue of the penis that results in elevated levels
of a substance called cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP).
As long as there are sufficient levels of cGMP, the penis can remain
erect. The more cGMP, the more robust and durable the erection.
If you inhibit the degradation (breakdown) of cGMP it stays around in
the penis longer, producing a more durable erection.
Another way you can think of Viagra (and all other similar medicines)
is that it preserves the elevated levels of cGMP that are created when
a man is sexually stimulated for a stronger, more lasting erection.
That's how Viagra works - Viagra blocks the enzyme
phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) which is responsible for the neutralization
of cGMP. Viagra (Sildenafil) is a highly selective inhibitor of PDE5. (PDE5 is not the only phosphodiesterase involved in the erectile
physiology but it appears to be the most important one).
The nice thing about PDE5 blockers is that they shouldn't cause
erections at inappropriate times because they only block degradation
of cGMP produced in reaction to sexual stimulation, such as thinking
about something sexy.
If you are not being sexually stimulated, there is no cGMP to protect,
so the drug remains in the background.
Non-Sexual Uses For Viagra:
The active ingredient in Viagra (silendafil) is useful in treating a rare, potentially deadly condition known as pulmonary hypertension.
In this use, Viagra's Phosphodiesterase 5 blocking activity is thought to be beneficial in relaxing the smooth muscle tissue found in the lungs by increasing the levels of cyclic guanasine monophosphate (cGMP).
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