AUUSN 823 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The US Department of Defense (DoD) spent $504,816 on the popular erectile dysfunction drug in 2014, according to government contracts cited by the Washington Free Beacon. The DoD awarded 60 contracts for the drug to Ohio-based pharmaceutical distribution company Cardinal Health Inc. In 2013, the Pentagon spent some $425,000 to supply the pills to troops, a huge lurch from the previous year, when the Department spent a meager $8,000 on the drug. In addition to Viagra, the Pentagon also ordered $3,505 worth of Levitra and $14,540 of Cialis, both male enhancement drugs. The contracts are filed under “troop support.” Viagra, which is covered by the military’s health insurance policy, TRICARE, was first supplied to troops in 1998. The drug became an instant hit for Pfizer when it was authorized for sale in the US a year prior. In 1998 the drug cost from $8-10 a pill, these days however, due to inflation, the pills sell for $25 a pop. The military’s policy limits Viagra only to those soldiers in whom erectile dysfunction has been diagnosed by a doctor. Patients are also not allowed more than six pills per month, nor are lost or stolen pills to be replaced. The Washington Free Beacon estimated that the amount of Viagra bought by the Pentagon last year could have supplied 80,770 hours, 33 minutes, and 36 seconds of sexual enhancement, assuming that erections don’t last longer than the 4 hour maximum advised by doctors. The little blue pills had been stocked by military pharmacies until 2005, when they were temporarily dropped from TRICARE. The drug, however was reinstated in 2012. http://rt.com/usa/230435-pentagon-viagra-troop-support/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,113 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 provide for the common defense... yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUUSN 823 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I was promised free healthcare as a benefit. Does that not include Viagra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telling tiger 156 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Hard to tell..... I'll stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUUSN 823 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Hard to tell..... I'll stop. I figured there would be stiff opposition to this from the usual suspects... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptau 123 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 $504,816 at $25 a pill would be 20,200 pills being purchased by the DoD a year. 10% of active duty male personnel are over the age of 40. about 110,000 men Per the NIH about 5% of men over 40 might need the pill, so 5,550 possible users. That would be just 4 pills per possible user per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlueVue 177 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) I was promised free healthcare as a benefit. Does that not include Viagra? I dont know does it? Where does it all stop? Tax payers are being forced to provide hormone treatments for illegal alien transgenders. Presumably, you support that too, right? Fiscal sanity, at some point, must prevail or we can kiss everything, as we know it, it good-bye. Edited February 9, 2015 by TheBlueVue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,113 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I guess they should have run this one up the flag pole first, before sticking Uncle Sam with the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUUSN 823 Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I was promised free healthcare as a benefit. Does that not include Viagra? I dont know does it? Where does it all stop? Tax payers are being forced to provide hormone treatments for illegal alien transgenders. Presumably, you support that too, right? Fiscal sanity, at some point, must prevail or we can kiss everything, as we know it, it good-bye. So illegal alien transgenders = active duty service members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 18,418 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I was in Drug wholesale for over 30 years. I worked for AmerisourceBergen with Cardinal and McKesson being our main competitors. All of us wanted that DOD contract but once you had it was a pain in the rear to deal. $500,000 on one drug is a drop in the bucket compared to the entire contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptau 123 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I was promised free healthcare as a benefit. Does that not include Viagra? I dont know does it? Where does it all stop? Tax payers are being forced to provide hormone treatments for illegal alien transgenders. Presumably, you support that too, right? Fiscal sanity, at some point, must prevail or we can kiss everything, as we know it, it good-bye. So illegal alien transgenders = active duty service members? He/ She would not want these pills, but Bradley "Chelsea" Manning is in Leavenworth and wants female hormone treatments, which the military declines to provide. There is talk of transferring him/ her to a civilian federal prison where they do provide the treatments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 6,350 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) I was in Drug wholesale for over 30 years. I worked for AmerisourceBergen with Cardinal and McKesson being our main competitors. All of us wanted that DOD contract but once you had it was a pain in the rear to deal. $500,000 on one drug is a drop in the bucket compared to the entire contract So, let me get this right, are you saying that THE GOVT VIAGARA CONTRACT is a pain in the @$$? Or is it that the Govt DRUG Contract is a pain in the @$$? If drugs are a "pain in the @$$" maybe they are using them wrong? It would be just like the Govt to use pills as suppositories... Edited February 9, 2015 by DKW 86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTim 3,192 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I was in Drug wholesale for over 30 years. I worked for AmerisourceBergen with Cardinal and McKesson being our main competitors. All of us wanted that DOD contract but once you had it was a pain in the rear to deal. $500,000 on one drug is a drop in the bucket compared to the entire contract So Golf.....can you still hook us up with free samples?....Not that I need them. Let's call it part of a retirement plan...... :Sing: :Sing: :Sing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 18,418 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I was in Drug wholesale for over 30 years. I worked for AmerisourceBergen with Cardinal and McKesson being our main competitors. All of us wanted that DOD contract but once you had it was a pain in the rear to deal. $500,000 on one drug is a drop in the bucket compared to the entire contract So, let me get this right, are you saying that THE GOVT VIAGARA CONTRACT is a pain in the @$$? Or is it that the Govt DRUG Contract is a pain in the @$$? If drugs are a "pain in the @$$" maybe they are using them wrong? It would be just like the Govt to use pills as suppositories... How long did it take you to think that up DK.... as for pain in the rear contact DK not the drug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 18,418 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I was in Drug wholesale for over 30 years. I worked for AmerisourceBergen with Cardinal and McKesson being our main competitors. All of us wanted that DOD contract but once you had it was a pain in the rear to deal. $500,000 on one drug is a drop in the bucket compared to the entire contract So Golf.....can you still hook us up with free samples?....Not that I need them. Let's call it part of a retirement plan...... :Sing: :Sing: :Sing: Well can't get you any samples of Mr. Blue but all the hydrocodone and morphine you want...............................................................I kid I kid of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 6,350 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I was in Drug wholesale for over 30 years. I worked for AmerisourceBergen with Cardinal and McKesson being our main competitors. All of us wanted that DOD contract but once you had it was a pain in the rear to deal. $500,000 on one drug is a drop in the bucket compared to the entire contract So, let me get this right, are you saying that THE GOVT VIAGARA CONTRACT is a pain in the @$$? Or is it that the Govt DRUG Contract is a pain in the @$$? If drugs are a "pain in the @$$" maybe they are using them wrong? It would be just like the Govt to use pills as suppositories... How long did it take you to think that up DK.... as for pain in the rear contact DK not the drug A little levity here is never a bad thing...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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