Levitra and other ED drugs increasingly popular in Belgium
Saturday, June 28th, 2008Erectile disfunction (ED) drugs such as Levitra, Cialis and Viagra are becoming increasingly popular in Belgium. The sales of these ED pills have increased markedly in recent years, according to figures from the Institute for Medical Statistics. The sales of impotence pills amounted to EUR 16 million last year, with 322,000 doses of Viagra, Levitra or Cialis passing over pharmacy counters.
In the past five years, sales of impotence pills have increased from a turnover of EUR 6 million in 2000 to EUR 16 million in 2005. The number of doses being sold has increased in the same period from 211,000 to 322,000, according to newspaper ‘De Morgen’. Till 2002, Viagra had a monopoly over the medically-assisted impotence industry in Belgium but later on Levitra and Cialis also became popular.