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Men Are Flirting With Death When Taking Fake Viagra

Men Are Flirting With Death When Taking Fake Viagra

Don't take the risk

Hamish Kilburn

Hamish Kilburn

It's Friday night, you've worked a long week and decided to go out and have a laugh... no one's judging here.

Fast-forward a few hours and let's say you're dabbling in life's pleasures. You feel on top of the world and you've also met the most incredible girl/guy - lucky you.

Everything is going your way. But when it's your moment to shine nothing seems to be happening below the waistline. A little extra boost would be really handy right now...

Before we go any further into this, here's why taking Viagra would be a terrible idea in this situation.


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Aside from performing really badly with a racing heartbeat, probably feeling terrible, taking Viagra while high on other drugs could even be the last thing you ever did - and wouldn't that just suck?

Just the other day we found out what cocaine is actually doing to our bodies. Simple logic would suggest that combining a class A substance with a different drug, such as Viagra, is only going to make things messier (no pun intended).

That's because both substances have not been tested when combined together. Anything could happen really. But the most likely scenario is that it will send your heart racing a lot quicker, which could be fatal.

In the same breath, taking fake Viagra is just as dangerous with or without other drugs.

That's because the illegal manufacturing process has bypassed strict testing laws. The UK medicines and health regulatory body (MHRA) has recently emphasised the risk of taking fake Viagra. It comes after it managed to seize around £30million worth of the stuff in a period of seven years.

MHRA said: "Unlicensed medicines can be dangerous as they can contain impurities, wrong ingredients, and there is no way of knowing if they are manufactured to acceptable standards of quality and safety."


Counterfeit Viagra. Image credit: PA

If you have bought Viagra online, prescription-free and at an incredibly cheap price, then it's most likely a dud. In fact, a recent report estimated that 77 percent of Viagra bought online is fake.


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The whole thing just doesn't sound worth the risk. Both using cheap, dodgy pills and/or mixing it with other drugs is a recipe for disaster. So, why not sleep it off and wait until the morning before deciding whether or not you both want to have some fun? Not only would that be safer, you'd probably perform better that way.

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Topics: Drugs, Health