Many manufacturers around the world now sell Viagra, the brand name for the drug sildenafil, as a generic medication. Sildenafil is almost identical to Viagra, Pfizer Inc.’s first major erectile dysfunction (ED) medication.
Generic Viagra is a relatively new product. Despite the fact that Pfizer’s patent on the popular ED drug expired in 2020, the company began manufacturing and selling Generic Viagra (Sildenafil)in 2017. In 2020, when other companies were able to legally sell their own sildenafil tablets, consumer options quickly grew.
The medication was being tested to treat high blood pressure and angina chest pain caused by heart disease.
They discovered that the drug was particularly effective at inducing erections. Viagra was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1998, making it the first oral drug to treat erectile dysfunction.
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