# If A \[Healthy\] Teenage Boy Or Young Man Took Viagra (Don't Need Answer Fast) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 29, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532 "2017-12-29T18:24:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/23 "2018-06-20T15:11:23Z")
> [@HoneyBadgerDC](#): > > I bought 6 Cialis about 12 or 13 years ago. I would break them in half and I was good for an entire weekend. I only used them on special occasions as a performance enhancer and it was very effective. Mr Happy suffered serious damage and now points seriously to the left. I would recommend using the smallest amount you can get away with. What I found they are very effective for is if you have a psychological type ED where being with a new woman nervousness shuts you down. The Cialis would get me through the first session and my confidence would be restored and I wouldn’t need it in future sessions. I heard this one from Bob Eubanks: “At my age, I take half of a Viagra every morning so I don’t pee on my shoes.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/24 "2018-06-20T15:33:57Z")
This is why we have fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/25 "2018-06-20T20:32:22Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > …I was harder than Chinese algebra… 🙂 Did you just make this up? Cause it’s a keeper. ---
**Author:** ![HaroldDix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HaroldDix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HaroldDix)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/26 "2018-06-21T04:26:28Z")
Robin Williams discussing Viagra is where the “Harder than Chinese Algebra” quote is from. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/27 "2018-06-21T04:44:03Z")
> [@HaroldDix](#): > > Robin Williams discussing Viagra is where the “Harder than Chinese Algebra” quote is from. It’s a lot older than that. Viagra wasn’t marketed until 1998. Tom Waits used the expression in [_Pasties and a G-String_](https://genius.com/Tom-waits-pasties-and-a-g-string-lyrics) on his _Small Change_ album of 1976. I doubt it originated with him. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/28 "2018-06-21T04:44:14Z")
Ahh. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/29 "2018-06-21T10:14:55Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s a lot older than that. Viagra wasn’t marketed until 1998. Tom Waits used the expression in [_Pasties and a G-String_](https://genius.com/Tom-waits-pasties-and-a-g-string-lyrics) on his _Small Change_ album of 1976. I doubt it originated with him. Yep, Tom Waits is where I heard it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/30 "2018-06-21T10:30:00Z")
Further research shows Qin Shihuangdi (yes, _that_ Qin) said it circa 209 BC, although it likely goes back further. Citation: unpublished fourth verse of Bob Dylan’s _The Mighty Qin_. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/31 "2018-06-21T14:47:17Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > I suspect it is for overcoming physiological obstacles for older people that cause ED, not give you a boner superpower. Yes, that is what it was developed for. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/32 "2018-06-21T15:03:34Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > Yes, that is what it was developed for. It was developed originally as a treatment for high blood pressure and angina. While it proved of little use for treatment of heart disease, men using it reported increased erections. This led to its current use to treat erectile disfunction. The main effect is to allow greater blood flow to the penis. But if your blood flow is already adequate, it’s not going to do a lot more. If blood flow is already adequate, Viagra will do little to increase it. Studies of recreational use have found little effect. Since erections have significant psychological component, any improvement may be due to placebo effects. Most importantly, Viagra won’t increase your libido. If you don’t feel like having sex, it won’t make you hornier. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/33 "2018-06-21T15:45:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It was developed originally as a treatment for high blood pressure and angina. While it proved of little use for treatment of heart disease, men using it reported increased erections. This led to its current use to treat erectile disfunction. > > The main effect is to allow greater blood flow to the penis. But if your blood flow is already adequate, it’s not going to do a lot more. > > If blood flow is already adequate, Viagra will do little to increase it. Studies of recreational use have found little effect. Since erections have significant psychological component, any improvement may be due to placebo effects. > > Most importantly, Viagra won’t increase your libido. If you don’t feel like having sex, it won’t make you hornier. Thanks for the correction/clarification. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532/34 "2018-06-21T18:08:47Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It was developed originally as a treatment for high blood pressure and angina. While it proved of little use for treatment of heart disease, men using it reported increased erections. This led to its current use to treat erectile disfunction. > > The main effect is to allow greater blood flow to the penis. But if your blood flow is already adequate, it’s not going to do a lot more. > > If blood flow is already adequate, Viagra will do little to increase it. Studies of recreational use have found little effect. Since erections have significant psychological component, any improvement may be due to placebo effects. > > Most importantly, Viagra won’t increase your libido. If you don’t feel like having sex, it won’t make you hornier. Correct. For some reason people think that if a man takes a Viagra, he will immediately get a rock hard erection that can bust rocks into gravel. It says in the instructions that you must be sexually aroused for it to work. That being said, I may or may not have used it recreationally in the past. In my experience, it makes the erection more firm and longer lasting, much like the erections you got when you were 16 years old, but when you are done, so to speak, that’s it. It is not some pill that will let you have sex for days on end. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-healthy-teenage-boy-or-young-man-took-viagra-dont-need-answer-fast/805532.md?page=1)