Close
12 of 15

Gettyimages.com/Couple hugging at window

So your partner wants to take Viagra. That’s very generous of him considering he’ll be taking a prescription drug partly to benefit you. If we can speak within the trust for a moment, most women know that their partners don’t ask their doctors enough questions or take enough precautions about their health. So when your partner starts taking a new drug, you know you partially just took on a new responsibility—the responsibility of learning about it, looking out for side effects, and making sure he takes it the right way. While your boo is all excited about his new found superpowers in the bedroom, you’re on the side reading drug warning labels and perusing WebMd (and pretending you’re only 100 percent excited too and not at all worried). So, to follow in that theme, here are things you should know before your partner takes Viagra.

Image Source: Shutterstock

Young men do take it

Don’t be too concerned if your partner feels he needs to take Viagra. Around 50 percent of men aged 40 to 70 (yup, even young forty-year-olds) struggle to get enough blood flow to their penis.

Image Source: Shutterstock

You shouldn’t take it

When he’s feeling particularly adventurous, your partner might suggest you take some, too. And while Samantha famously does so in that one episode of “Sex and the City,” it isn’t advised. We aren’t entirely certain how it affects the female body yet.