From Valentine's Day, Viagra is said to be sold at stores

Although this is a story in the UK, from February 14 it seems that it will become possible to purchase Viagra without prescription of a doctor at a pharmacy.

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According to this article, the biggest drugstore chain store in the UK, "Boots", is said to test and sell Puiser's "Viagra" famous for treating erectile dysfunction at three stores in Manchester.

Men from 30 years old to 65 years old will be eligible for the test sale, and 4 can be purchased for 50 pounds ($ 97 = 12,000 yen). Also, until now, it was necessary to prescribe doctors to purchase, but in this trial sale it will be possible to purchase just by measuring the hospital history, medical history, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose level etc by Boots pharmacist .

In response to this test sale, the person in charge of Boots said he said "I hope that it will help many more men." In the current situation, among men suffering from erectile dysfunction, only one in 10 people has received prescription of Viagra.

By the way, Boots seems to be working on similar services not only for erectile dysfunction but also for treatment of obesity and hair reduction, Chlamydia etc.

Regarding Boots, the following links are detailed. It seems to have opened stores in the past in Japan.

British Information - General Life Relations

Boots withdraw from Japan