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More young men receive prescriptions for sexual potency drugs

More young men receive prescriptions for sexual potency drugs
Photo: Berit Roald / SCANPIX

Last year, 2,869 men in their 20’s received a prescription for a potentcy drug such as Viagra.

This is an increase of 78% since 2012 wrote Dagens Medisin journal.The figures were taken from the prescription register.

The use of potency drugs in all age groups have increased by over 65% from 2007 to 2018. Last year, at least one prescription was written for a total of 101,912 men.

In Sweden, there was also an increased consumption of potency drugs among young men the newspaper reported.

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