# Is most Viagara sold by online pharmacies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 8, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-most-viagara-sold-by-online-pharmacies/492437 "2009-04-08T21:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-most-viagara-sold-by-online-pharmacies/492437/1 "2009-04-08T21:48:27Z")
I’m thinking that Viagra and other such drugs are sold by online pharmacies where the ‘patient’ has no contact with the doctor. Is this true? Like most people, I receive hundreds of Viagra spam messages. Do many people actually walk into a doctor’s office and ask for a prescription and take it to their local pharmacist? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-most-viagara-sold-by-online-pharmacies/492437/2 "2009-04-08T22:24:00Z")
Isn’t Viagra sold over the counter in the UK, or at least at certain pharacies there? I’ve seen other online pharmacies which have an online consultation with a doctor. In other words you fill out a form and it’s read by a doctor and the doctor then approves or denies the prescription. ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-most-viagara-sold-by-online-pharmacies/492437/3 "2009-04-09T02:28:42Z")
I don’t have experience with any online pharmacies (don’t take any medication, and I don’t trust those type of online pharmacies anyhow), but I can tell you that in the pharmacy I work at we do fill a decent amount of scrips for Viagra. So, there are plenty of people who get real scrips for Viagra, and then go to their local pharmacy to get it filled. As a side note, Viagra is pretty expensive, most people who fill it only get about 8 tablets at a time. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-most-viagara-sold-by-online-pharmacies/492437/4 "2009-04-09T03:00:39Z")
IME, ED drugs are actually easy to get from doctors - there is of course the stigma of telling your doctor you need it, but the two doctors I have discussed it with haven’t had any problem cranking out a prescription for it.