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Everyone knows what Viagra is normally used for — if you don’t look on Google.com.  However, a two year old boy has Viagra prescribed to him in order to keep him alive.  He is facing issues with drug rationing that might prevent him from getting treatment in the future.

A 2-year-old English boy is being kept alive on daily doses of Viagra. However, he faces an uncertain future because of cuts made by the U.K.’s drug rationing agency, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reports.Oliver Sherwood has the erectile dysfunction medication crushed up and put in his food four times each day to control pulmonary hypertension, a condition that causes chronic high blood pressure, according to the report. (link)

This is a reason that people should be prescribed medication — for health reasons.  Perhaps drug companies should market their medicine to the people who need it and not those who want it for other benefits.

Justin

Tags: Health, Medicine, Prescriptions, Viagra

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