Nearly all of us undoubtedly love sex. Besides the obvious fact that
sex is quite clearly fun, it can even have health benefits in the form
of being a stress and tension buster, and regular sex can even help
people to lose weight as it is a great form of exercise.
However, how would you like to be told how much sex you can actually
engage in on a weekly or monthly basis? Instantly negating the exciting
and spontaneous nature of sex, it could force couples to plan when to
have sex if they are rationed to a specific number of times.
It sounds absurd, but this is what NHS
bosses have been accused of doing – ‘rationing’ the amount of times men
suffering with erectile dysfunction (ED) can have sex. It is no wonder
then that Medical Specialists® Pharmacy continue to have many thousands
of men with ED coming to us seeking treatment for the condition.
Apparently, doctors have been informed they should not be prescribing more than one single pill of ‘generic’ Viagra per week to each patient that comes to them regarding their impotence problems.
The ridiculously strict limit was passed on despite the fact a pack
of four pills costs the NHS as little as £1.45, or 36p a tablet.
With Pfizer (Viagra’s manufacturer) losing its UK patent in 2013, it
is now legal for certain drug companies to produce their own impotence
treatments that also contain sildenafil – Viagra’s active ingredient.
As what happens with increased competition in any market, the price
has drastically decreased with regards to sildenafil, prompting the
Department of Health to scrap regulations on the prescribing of
sildenafil, ergo allowing most men with ED to be eligible for sildenafil
on the NHS.
Health bosses seem to have become worried by this though, in particularly the financial impact it could have.
One letter was recently sent to doctors in the West Midlands by
managers at NHS Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
calling for GPs to restrict their prescribing of sildenafil.
The letter stated: “In light of the pressure on NHS budgets, patients
who are eligible for NHS treatment should be prescribed the lowest
effective dose, with a maximum frequency of ONE tablet per week (i.e.
FOUR per MONTH).”
Dr Martin Duerden, a GP based in North Wales who advises the Royal
College of General Practitioners on prescribing, replied back: “Can we
ration sex in this way? Prescriptions for sildenafil have no
restrictions and each person should be assessed as individuals – some
will need more, some less.”
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