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Pentagon spent $504,816 on Viagra last year

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Pentagon spent $504,816
on Viagra last year
Sunday, February 8, 2015

FILE: UNDATED: A box of Viagra in a pharmacy.
AP
BY: Elizabeth Harrington
February 6, 2015 3:50 pm
The Department of Defense spent more than a half a million dollars on the male enhancement drug Viagra last year, according to government contracts.

The Washington Free Beacon reports the Pentagon issued 60 contracts worth
$504,816 for the drug in 2014. All 60 contracts were awarded to Cardinal Health
Inc., a pharmaceutical distribution company based in Dublin, Ohio.

Last year, the department also ordered $3,505 worth of Levitra, and $14,540 of
Cialis, other popular erectile dysfunction drugs.

The contracts were filed under “Troop Support.”

The department began offering Viagra to soldiers as a medical benefit in 1998,
when the drug cost $10 a pill. Due to inflation, one pill now costs $25. At the time
the military’s policy only allowed for six pills a month per patient, and the department
said they would “not replace lost or stolen pills.”


“Defense guidelines allow military physicians to prescribe Viagra only after a thorough evaluation indicates the medication as the optimal regimen for the patient,” a release outlining the Pentagon’s policy said. “Patients prescribed Viagra also receive careful guidelines for taking the medication. According to defense health officials, Viagra side effects may include headaches, flushing of the face or chest, indigestion, nasal
congestion and mild vision impairment.”

“There’s also no guarantee Viagra will work,” DoD added.

Viagra is still covered by TRICARE, the military’s health insurance system, as well
as “External vacuum appliances,” or penis pumps, “penile implants and testicular prostheses,” and hormone injections to treat Erectile Dysfunction.

According to a Washington Free Beacon analysis, at $25 a pill, the amount of Viagra purchased by the Pentagon could have led to up to 80,770 hours, 33 minutes, and 36 seconds of sexual enhancement, assuming that no erection lasted more than the medically advised 4 hour maximum.
My Note:
Viagra is not issued for “HEALTH reasons”
2014

$504,816.00

      3,505.00
    14,540.00
$  72,861.00 > OUR TAX PAYER MONEY…
                                   COULD HAVE PAID FOR MANY
                                   IMPORTANT  “worthwhile” THINGS
                                   80,770 HOURS OF ENHANCEMENT JUST FOR VIAGRA
                                                           NOT INCLUDING THE OTHER TWO

2015 — ANOTHER  $ 72,861.00 OR MORE

HOW MANY ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THIS GROUP?
HOW MANY UNEMPLOYED IN THIS GROUP ?
HOW MANY WELFARE IN THIS GROUP ?
HOW MANY “SOLD THE PILLS” FOR “DRUGS”?

HOW MANY STARVING & HOMELESS AMERICANS
COULD THAT HAVE FED ?

14,572 homeless people could have had a $5.00 meal.

WE ARE IN “DIRE” TIMES.
THIS IS JUST ONE “PORK” WE DON’T NEED!
D.C. NEEDS A WOMAN “AUDITOR” TO CLEAN
OUT THE CORRUPTION !!

NO OFFENSE TO WOMEN.
I FEEL FAIRLY CERTAIN THERE ARE MANY
WOMEN’S GOV. PROGRAMS DOING THE SAME THING.

BESIDES THAT – VIAGRA CAN BE “DEADLY”
MEDICAL BILLS ESCALATE QUICKLY
AS CAN COST OF FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.

Man Dies From Viagra Overdose

TROUBLE!  66Yrs Man’s joystick FALLS OFF After He Overdoses On Viagra To Impress GF

Learn about Viagra – Men’s Health

Uploaded on Nov 9, 2009

Learn about the prescription drug Viagra in this video,
where a pharmacist explains
how Viagra treats erectile dysfunction.
LISTEN UP !! NO WINE (Nitrates) before or with Viagra
Might be a good idea to FORGET any kind of BOOZE!!
In fact – just FORGET the Viagra
and have a glass of wine instead.
You will live longer !!
p.s.
You do NOT have to OVERDOSE for Viagra to KILL you !!
Looks like that BRAND of DEPOPULATION is WORKING !!

NESARA- Restore America – Galactic News


Source: http://nesaranews.blogspot.com/2015/02/pentagon-spent-504816-on-viagra-last_9.html


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