Why More Young Men Are Taking Viagra (VIDEO)

According to CBS News, more and more men under 30 are turning to Viagra to ensure their performance in bed. Harry Smith reports on this under-age trend in the video below.

What do you think? Would you use Viagra? Have you ever used Viagra? Do you think it's just a little harmless fun, or a sign of a bigger problem? Tell us your thoughts below!

Comments

[DontBeFoolish]

Young fellows having a problem getting it up, and keeping it up. That's what happens when your all talk and little action. In my day, you needed game(Confidence) to get some, now it's so prevelant you just stumble up on it, and when it does, these youngsters don't know how to truly put in work.(LOL).

[Toonadude]

I'm over 50 and remember when there were no ads on TV for any prescription drugs. Now we are constantly urged to ask our Doctor if such and such is right for us. And I'm sick of the "natural male enhancement" bit. Our rivers and streams are getting tested and show trace drugs in the water --- some from flushing old meds but also from going through our systems and into the sewage treatment plants then into the rivers.

We are one loaded nation.

[Superfelo]

I honestly think that there is no news value to this; but it is some sort of paid-under-the-table type
of commercial, to allure new buyers to the "wonder drug", that is pure drug and no wonder.
We are the heirs of Madison avenue-just as the candidates are sold-read "The Selling of the President" by T.H. White; they try to sell us everything by puffing it up and by placing it in family newspapers; and political blogs like this. It stirs interest, exactly what the sellers want; so we talk like this: "As your friend notes, it is about recovery. Pharm companies are desperately trying to come up with a medical explanation for the placebo effect of men who say it makes them last longer. If they could prove endurance, it would be all over those TV commercials. (not that some men don't last longer, but the reasons are placebo effect....they could do it without the pill)" But it is all a lie wrapped in the mantle of "news value". It is all lies and puffing. Enough said.

[tbone99]

Young guys brought up on porn probably find it difficult to get excited about a non airbrushed 34 B woman .In addition their seductive and communication skils don't get developed , leading to an easily deflated "ego".But with Viagra they only need one skill , the only one needed in this country - how to buy it.

[JimMan35]

I wanted to talk with one of my colleagues who is a male sexual dysfunction specialist and was instrumental in Viagra's, ahem, rise before I responded to this post. I was thinking about circulation and blood pressure issues as risks. But he said that those probably aren't real issues. Here's what he said (paraphrased, my understanding, not quoting or citing): Males age 17-20 can walk around with an erection nearly all the time and perform sexually quite often throughout a day (or night) with a short "refractory" period between erections. As males age, the refractory period becomes longer. This will happen at different ages and is determined by genetics and, sometimes, health or other experiences. For young men (lates 20s, into the 30s) taking Viagra, they can reduce this refractory period and enhance their performance. their sexual function will be similar to what it is without Viagra, but they will be able to not wait as long between episodes.

Also, if a young male has experienced a traumatic event "down there" (his words) or has diabetes or another health issue that affects sexual function, Viagra could help him enhance his performance. "Enhance" seemed to be the operative word. It's no magic pill.

[Idytme]

As your friend notes, it is about recovery. Pharm companies are desperately trying to come up with a medical explanation for the placebo effect of men who say it makes them last longer. If they could prove endurance, it would be all over those TV commercials.
(not that some men don't last longer, but the reasons are placebo effect....they could do it without the pill)

[JimMan35]

it will also give performance enhancement to men who, for whatever reason, are challenged erectilely, and it's not a placebo effect. It's a scientifically proven fact and can happen in a petri dish. It will give erections, and ones that last longer, for men who are low-functioning, due to natural, medical, or traumatic causes.

[DrDemon]

I suggest a "Viagra Marathon"... Anyone else UP for the idea? Grrr..

[wordvarc]

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The 'therapist' is celebrating and projecting an empty concept of dominance by women that ends with women not needing men.

Steve's perspective is much greater than 'performance anxiety' and the TV illusion of money, drinks, and orgasm." Powerful people, male or female, thrive in a world much greater than themselves and their performance in bed.
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[kingcityguru]

If I may paraphrase former heavy-weight champ Joe Frazier "I don't need Viagra. Give me skinny, pretty woman and I am ready to go everytime."

[loki]

I think younger men, or boys, use this along with Extacy. Its totally recreational drugs for them, and the FDA and Big Pharma support this as it brings in profit. Just like they ignored tobacco for so many years and the younger peoples addictions to it, they will ignore Viagra as a problem for our youth. ITs all about how much money they can make in the shortest amount of time. Has nothing in to do with their health or helping them cope with a physical problem. it all about keeping something up for an extended period of time. And that makes more money than the person who medically needs it. I wonder if when they get older, will it still work for them? Or is there long term effects we dont know about yet? Like with so many prescription drugs these days. Thanks to the non oversight of the FDA. Freeloaders of Drug money Association.

[pcplz]

From what I have heard...a man has sexual thoughts about every 9 seconds or so. Do we really need to give pills for action on those thoughts? Has anyone done a review on how women feel about all these guys running around with erections? I have a lot of female friends that are not totally pleased to have the monster reawakened!

Take Mrs 60+ married to Mr spontaneous and whoops! She finally gets to the point where he is slowing down and he comes home and says, "Guess what!!" She goes to jail for murder and the pharmacies make $$.

If a young man treats a young lady with romance and care he should not need a pill. If he does then it is a medical or counseling matter.

Remember fore play is as good for the gander as it is for the goose.

[bkovitz]

The factoid about men having sexual thoughts every ___ seconds is an urban legend. When I first heard it during the 1980s, it was "every six minutes". The fictional frequency has been increasing for at least 20 years.

[tbone99]

that was before internet porn

[easyrider1969]

A "hard" man is good to find.

[Idytme]

No - for the most part they are very easy to find. No big deal, even. We are talking about younger guys here. I never understood why some men like to announce their "status" like this is something new to the Universe or something.
The good thing to find is the man who knows how to use more than one instrument well.
Best indicator - great dancer.

[pcplz]

Ohhhhhhh Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[neveragain]

done it both with and without V....wife noticed it was harder longer, but my overall endurance was unchanged.
Like all things in life, moderation is key.

[Rrhain]

Are Charlie Gibson and Bill O'Reilly long-lost brothers? They sound exactly alike.

[juangault]

Although I'm not Islamic, or Republican, I think sexual behavior, and much of the peripheral hoopla surrounding it should stay in the shadow. I tend to believe that monogamy and intact family is a requirement for stable society. The prettier a woman is, the more likely she is not to have children. That's unfortunate. It's happening all over the western world and in Japan too. But for now there are plenty of new people, from parts of the world where mating behavior is still geared toward reproduction.

Mi casa was su casa.

[MikeDu]

I'll half agree and half disagree. People should have the right to 'private lives' with an emphasis on private. Less pornographic public hoopla please. But about missing the good old days of monogamy and stability. It wasn't all that long ago that every town had its own whorehouse, and everybody knew where it was and who frequented it. my last visit with my father before he passed away he pointed out to me where the big local whorehouse used to be back in his childhood, right along the U.S. Canada border in the rural heartland. And its a sure bet patrons weren't going there for mere reproductive purposes. The downside of the hidden 'private lives' of the old days is we come away with a skewed record of what life and love and motivations were REALLY like back then. I rather suspect that human nature hasn't really changed all that much, which is comforting in a way.

[NYCBear]

What an amazing load of ignorance! Most of you guys are like a movie reviewer who doesn't bother to see a movie before writing a review.

Since most of you don't know what the stuff actually does, your opinions are based on your own personal fantasies, not Viagra.

Pitiful.