Generic Viagra versus Name Brand Viagra
| number of pills | price per pill | |
| 360 | - | $1.05 |
| 90 | - | $1.61 |
| 30 | - | $2.36 |
Sildenafil Citrate
Viagra (Sildenafil Citrate) is the most widely used erection pill known today.
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Viagra can be very expensive and also essential, for those that cannot afford Viagra, a generic is offered called sildenafil citrate. Sildenafil citrate can be purchased at a substantially lower price that brand name Viagra.
Viagra
Viagra is prescribed for men suffering from erectile dysfunction usually caused by another more serious health condition such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and heart problems.
Viagra is considered a nitrate and should not be used by patients already taking nitrates including nitroglycerin for heart problems. When Viagra is taken, nitric oxide is released into the blood stream; this increases blood flow and relaxes the smooth muscle in the penis. This allows for the right amount of blood to reach the penis making it become elongated and hard. Once an erection has occurred, Viagra allows for the male to maintain it long enough to achieve sexual pleasure.
Viagra’s side effects include fainting, flushing, nausea, headache, diarrhea, and more serious side effects such as priapism, heart attack, and stroke.
Sildenafil Citrate
Sildenafil citrate does the same thing that Viagra does. The efficiency and potency are the same; the only difference is the size, shape, color, and some inactive ingredients. By law the generic pill cannot look or taste like the original pill.
Which is better?
Brand name Viagra is not necessarily better than generic Viagra. Some people think that because it is a generic it won’t work as well or have the same amount of potency as the brand name drug. That is not true, brand name and generic drugs are almost identical, the active ingredients stay the same so that the pill will work the same.
The reason manufactures can offer Viagra as sildenafil at such a low price is because they save a large amount of money on the manufacturing process. They do not have to invent the drug, they simply take the original drug and change it minutely and sale it at a very low price.
Some pharmacies offer sildenafil at half the price or lower than Viagra. If you cannot afford Viagra you can ask your doctor to prescribe you a generic and you will save a lot of money in the process.
Generics in India
India is has one of the largest pharmaceutical companies that manufacture and distribute generic medication including Viagra. The first pharmaceutical company in India was Bengal pharmaceutical works, it was established in 1930 and continues to run today.
Bengal pharmaceutical works exports many drugs in bulk form to the United States as well as Russia. They are able to manufacture most of our generic drugs including Viagra and export them to us. This allows us to sell them in our pharmacies at a much lower cost.
There is not a large difference between generic medication and brand name, it is important to know that it has the same potency and effectiveness. Just because it’s more expensive doesn’t mean that it is better. Talk to your doctor and discuss medical history before you take either Viagra or sildenafil.