Venezuelan Viagra sales rise as a result of the work stoppage

www.vheadline.com Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

During the two-month-old opposition work stoppage many businesses suffered badly from a loss of sales, however, this was not the case for pharmaceutical company Pfizer, as it appears while Venezuelans' minds were off the job they were clearly elsewhere!

During the stoppage Viagra was the top selling medicine in the country, with more than six million pills sold.

These figures put Venezuela in third place in third in terms of per capita Viagra consumption.

According to a report in the Tal Cual newspaper "Venezuelan men with erectile disfunction have used their time well during the general strike." Reports claim that the stress levels associated with the strike may have led Venezuelan men to look for a pressure value to forget their woes!