12/2006 - (Old info)No more OTC Viagra, laPela, Cialis, etc, etc after Dec. in the DR

[MrHappy]

No Viagra without Rx, says Ministry

SANTO DOMINGO.- The Ministry of Health’s Drugs and Pharmacies Agency is warning that as from January, anyone found selling sexual stimulants or any other drugs that require a prescription outside pharmacies will be subject to legal penalties ranging from fines to up to two years in jail.

Agency head David Díaz Guzmán said that a list of prescription drugs was being prepared. He also said that his department was going to limit inappropriate advertising for erectile dysfunction drugs, such as songs with risqué double-entendres, some of which have already been banned.



Check it out in today's Dominican Today:

http://dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=20402

[SJG]

A Cibao-based feminist group has warned that the use of these drugs has led to an increase in sexual assaults against women in the region, because many young men consume them after excessive drinking.

A few drunken kids ruin it for everyone! Now what am I going to use to put the starch back in the old linguini after the third day of non-stop fucking?

[Jimmydr]

So we go and get prescriptions then.

[Kevy]

see Jimmy starts taking them and the sale stops.

[SJG]

How many doctors do you know down there, Jimmy? I suppose I can walk into that clinic across from the Garden and whip out my poor, limp, abused penis and ask for "the cure".

[Jimmydr]

How many doctors do you know down there, Jimmy? I suppose I can walk into that clinic across from the Garden and whip out my poor, limp, abused penis and ask for "the cure".

Ask any doctor and you will get 1.

[Jimmydr]

see Jimmy starts taking them and the sale stops.

So I bought 5,000 pills and got stopped at NYC customs.

[PapiQueRico]

Just one more reason to go to Brasil!!!!!!

[Kevy]

I believe they are over the counter in Colombia as well.

[Cuba Libre]

I doubt if this will really happen. Somehow I think the only restriction will be a requirement that the pills must be bought in a pharmacy (sans prescription).

[Kevy]

I doubt if this will really happen. Somehow I think the only restriction will be a requirement that the pills must be bought in a pharmacy (sans prescription).

Hopefully you are right, they are selling it everywhere.

[remyman41]

Are we reading this correctly, it read it as you can only by it in a pharmacy, not at an unlicensed place.

[Dick Dawson]

He also said that his department was going to limit inappropriate advertising for erectile dysfunction drugs, such as songs with risqué double-entendres, some of which have already been banned.

Hmm. You don't think they're talking about ads like this, do ya?

[Kevy]

Are we reading this correctly, it read it as you can only by it in a pharmacy, not at an unlicensed place.

You are right the article is not clear. It suggests that they require a subscription, but it also goes on about sales outside pharmacies. Maybe you won't be able to buy them at the cars parts store anymore.

[dijinn]

This is a big let down..What these bastards are trying to do? Kill the DR economy by stopping tourists? I bet now Lapella price will jump from 50 pesos to 100 pesos

[ChicaRider]

Like the liquor curfews being enforced to help fight crime, this seemes like a silly reactionary move. If they're worried about kids taking the pills..require an ID for purchase...

Lapela, and now a new version, I dont remember the name... are advertised literally EVERYWHERE...including the professional baseball player's uniforms, billboards, tv commercials. and the front page of every section of the newspaper... David Ortiz is the spokesman for the new Cialis knockoff...and he says something like, "they don't call me Big Papi for nothing"! LOL... anyway, that's a TON of ad revenue that will be lost if they change the rules... While many Foreigners buy the ED pills, Id guess that's only a small fraction of the sales, and between the cost of a doctor's visit, and the Dominican "macho" mentality, I doubt many Dominicans will be happy going to a doc for dick problems.

[RSMMAN]

That's going to hurt the trip :-{
No more Superman Sorry Gabby

[whynotme]

Just one more reason to go to Brasil!!!!!!

i bought 5 boxes 0f 24 each in sept and just un packaged them into an empty bottle but never got stopped.

i will have to up my resale price now if the supply chain goes down.

[the_Jayman]

Yeah . . . no drinkin in a car for jman and no little blue pills ? ? ?

I'll believe that when I see it ! ! !

[LM]

i bought 5 boxes 0f 24 each in sept and just un packaged them into an empty bottle but never got stopped.

i will have to up my resale price now if the supply chain goes down.

Bring some to Cuba buddy.....I need some