The Down Side of Viagra

This passage from Just Do It is worth quoting. The guy is describing his initial experience with Viagra:
"The pharmaceutical had tapped something primordial inside me. It channeled the caveman lost deep in the thickets of my 40-year-old brain. This club-wielding fellow remained as powerful as he had been in my youth, I think, but he didn't always arrive as pumped up, as it were, as he had been when I was, say, 16 or 20. I liked the grunting fool. I appreciated how he just showed up, grinning and ready to go, shortly after I popped the pill. I'm not sure about addiction, but I could grow accustomed to having him around, and the pill made that connection awfully easy."

So what's not to like? The energy expenditure, for one thing. The guy was so revved up by the Viagra that the vigorous sex left him feeling exhausted the next day. Another problem was his wife's reaction: "It was fun, but not the kind of energy I want to experience every night. Sometimes, slow and easy is the best.....it feels like we're sort of going our separate ways when it's wild."

There's nothing wrong with popping a pill to assist with flagging erections as long as the assistance doesn't create an over-emphasis on performance and depersonalized sex. Just proceed with caution.