Tesco Planning to Sell Viagra Over the Counter in the UK

It seems like everyone wants to cash in on the hot-selling little blue pill, Viagra. Just a couple of years ago a popular British drugstore, Boots, started selling Viagra to men aged 30 to 65 without a doctor’s prescription. Boots sold this medication for £55 per 4-tablet pack and offered free medical consultation with a pharmacist.

Lately, Tesco, a UK-based supermarket chain, announced that they will start offering Viagra for sale over the counter for a competitive price of £52 per 8 tablets. Tesco’s in-store pharmacies will make this drug available for purchase without a prescription to men aged 40 to 65 years. Their pharmacy staff will ask consumers to fill a questionnaire about their health history and undergo basic medical tests to ensure that this medication is right for them and that it won’t pose any risks to their health.

Some have already criticized Tesco’s move arguing that it might promote drug abuse and put consumers’ health at risk.

Many retailers and even Viagra’s own maker, Pfizer, have repeatedly tried to find ways to make Viagra available to consumers without a prescription, i.e. over the counter, but so far none has been authorized to offer this drug freely to anyone who wants to buy it without a doctor’s advice/prescription.

So, we will keep waiting for a “completely” over the counter version of Viagra.