Military Times
By Patricia Kime
Staff writer
February 13, 2015
A report published in September found that the incidence rate of ED among active-duty personnel more than doubled from 2004 to 2014.A report published online last week by the Washington Free Beacon and picked up by Fox News and the U.K.'s Daily Mail noted that the Pentagon spent more than $500,000 for Viagra in 2014.
That's a lot of money — but the figure wasn't even close to the real amount spent by the Defense Department for that erectile dysfunction drug and others.
According to data from the Defense Health Agency, DoD actually spent $41.6 million on Viagra — and $84.24 million total on erectile dysfunction prescriptions — last year. And since 2011, the tab for drugs like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra totals $294 million — the equivalent of nearly four U.S. Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. The Free Beacon based its analysis on 60 contracts for Viagra to Cardinal Health Inc., according to the article.
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