FDA Gears Up To Permit Pharmacies For Selling Levitra and Other Anti-Impotence Drugs Only To Patients Having Prescriptions

The FDA (US Food and Drugs Administration) is moving ahead to undertake a new initiative by allowing pharmacies to sell erectile dysfunction medicines such as Levitra, Viagra and Cialis only to patients with prescriptions. According to FDA, a considerable part of the erectile dysfunction remedies marketed online is found to be fake and they are also capable of yielding adverse side-effects.

It is known that till date, FDA has registered only three erectile dysfunction drugs namely, Levitra (Vardenafil), Viagra (Sildenafil) and Cialis (Tadalafil). These three prescription-based medicines are available for erectile dysfunction patients at various clinics and hospitals.

Dr Pipat Yingseri, The Secretary General of FDA, revealed that since men in the grip of erectile dysfunction often feel uncomfortable to buy anti-impotence drugs by approaching a pharmacy, they choose to purchase these medicines over the internet. He added that in accordance with the new FDA initiative, pharmacies are informed that if an erectile dysfunction patient fails to get hold of a prescription from the doctor, he should not be given the anti-impotence medicine and that erectile dysfunction patients suffering from heart diseases are at risk of falling prey to disastrous circumstances if they opt for counterfeit anti-impotence products.

However, Niyada Kietying-Angsulee from the Chulalongkorn University 's Social Pharmacy Research Unit makes it apparent that the new action undertaken by the FDA is not the correct solution and that she is ready to oppose the FDA initiative to implement the plan if it even trains pharmacists to seek prescriptions from patients before providing the anti-impotence medicines. Further, according to her, the FDA has no authority to control and evaluate the rights of pharmacists throughout the country.

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