The big problem, however, is the concept that if you take Viagra and have sexual activity, you are going to die. This was the bad press that came out shortly after Viagra became public. Through October 1998, over 6 million prescriptions of Viagra have been filled in the United States, representing more than 50 million tablets.
Only 130 reports of death in the United States have occurred among men receiving a Viagra prescription. It should be noted that some of these men probably did not necessarily even take the Viagra. Epidemiologists examining these statistics report that they are not at all unusual. For some people, especially in older individuals who have not been sexually active for a while, the physical exertion of sexual activity in and of itself is enough to cause heart trouble and death. Therefore this is not a worrisome statistic.
