Viagra® (branded sildenafil)
The original sildenafil brand — the same active ingredient as the generic we also stock, in the manufacturer’s own pack. Supplied only after our prescribing pharmacist reviews your confidential online consultation, and always alongside the honest option: generic sildenafil from £7.49.
Start your free consultation →Free consultation · pay only if approved · plain, unmarked packaging
Choose your strength — the pharmacist confirms it
Tap a strength to see it. Everyone new to sildenafil normally starts at 50 mg; 25 mg suits some (including 65+ or with certain medicines) and 100 mg is the maximum single dose. Your pharmacist confirms the right strength at review — nothing is dispensed automatically.
Viagra® tablets
Branded sildenafil · film-coated tablets · taken as needed, max one dose in 24 hours
Standard starting dose: 50 mg. New to ED treatment and picked 100 mg? The pharmacist will discuss starting lower first — that’s normal practice.
One-off or an ongoing 4-weekly supply — choose from 4 to 32 tablets at checkout (never more than one dose in 24 hours). Every supply is reviewed by our pharmacist first.
Start consultation — 50 mg →Free · about 5 minutes · no video call · pay only if the pharmacist confirms it’s right for you
Never take Viagra® (sildenafil) with nitrates (e.g. GTN spray, isosorbide), nicorandil or ‘poppers’. The combination can cause a life-threatening drop in blood pressure. Our consultation screens for this — and if it applies to you, your GP or cardiologist is the right route for ED treatment.
Viagra® and generic sildenafil — the same medicine, two prices
Before any supply we tell every patient the plain truth, because the clinical framework we supply under requires it — and because it’s the honest thing to do: generic sildenafil contains exactly the same active ingredient, at the same strengths, made to the same MHRA standards. The clinical effect is equivalent. The difference is the name on the pack — and the price.
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Viagra® — the original brand
from £21.96 · 4 tablets (25 mg)
The manufacturer’s own branded pack. Some men simply prefer the original — that’s a perfectly valid choice, and the pharmacist review is identical either way.
Same active ingredient
Generic sildenafil
from £7.49 · 4 tablets (50 mg)
The same sildenafil, therapeutically equivalent, at a fraction of the price — UK guidance’s first-line choice and our most popular ED option.
See generic sildenafil →Viagra Connect® 50 mg — the pharmacy version
Viagra Connect® is the same 50 mg sildenafil licensed as a pharmacy (P) medicine — available after a pharmacist’s suitability check, without a prescription.
Same tablet, pharmacy licence
Viagra Connect® comes in one strength only — 50 mg. You complete the same short confidential questionnaire, and our pharmacist checks it’s suitable before it’s supplied. If you need 25 mg or 100 mg, that’s the prescription-strength Viagra® route above.
It’s made by the same manufacturer as Viagra® and works the same way — and the generic option in the section above applies here too: generic sildenafil 50 mg is the same medicine from £7.49.
Free check · about 5 minutes · no prescription needed
How Viagra® works — and how to take it
How it works
When to take it
Getting the dose right
What to expect
Side effects and who should avoid it
Factual safety information from the licensed product information — the consultation checks every exclusion, and the pharmacist explains anything that applies to you. It applies equally to Viagra®, Viagra Connect® and generic sildenafil — they’re the same active ingredient.
Common, usually mild
- Headache and facial flushing (the most common)
- Blocked nose, indigestion, feeling dizzy
- Temporary changes to vision (e.g. a blue tinge, light sensitivity)
Stop and seek urgent help if
- Chest pain during or after sex
- An erection lasting more than 4 hours (priapism)
- Sudden loss or reduction of vision or hearing
- Signs of a serious allergic reaction
Not suitable with: nitrates/nicorandil/poppers (never), riociguat, HIV protease inhibitors, severe liver disease, very low or uncontrolled high blood pressure, a heart attack or stroke in the last 6 months, unstable angina, severe heart failure, certain eye conditions (NAION, retinitis pigmentosa), or conditions predisposing to priapism. Caution and lower doses with alpha-blockers, some antifungals and antibiotics, and kidney problems — the consultation covers each of these, and the pharmacist makes the decision. Report side effects via the MHRA Yellow Card scheme (yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk).
From question to discreet delivery
Answer online
A confidential 5-minute questionnaire built on the official clinical criteria — no video call needed.
Pharmacist reviews
Our prescribing pharmacists personally review your answers, usually within one working day, and confirm the right strength.
Discreet supply
Collect in store, or plain unmarked tracked delivery. Payment only once the pharmacist has approved.
Ongoing support
Dose review if it’s not working well, side-effect advice, and a GP referral whenever that’s the safer route.
Viagra®, answered plainly
Is Viagra® better than generic sildenafil?
What’s the difference between Viagra® and Viagra Connect®?
Which strength should I choose?
How long does it last?
Do I need a video call?
Ready to start?
Free consultation · No video call · A personal decision from our pharmacists
Start your free consultation →Important. Viagra® (sildenafil) 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg is a prescription-only medicine supplied under a Patient Group Direction after a structured clinical check; Viagra Connect® 50 mg is a pharmacy (P) medicine that still requires a pharmacist’s suitability check before supply. Our prescribing pharmacists personally review every consultation and make the final decision — nothing is approved automatically, and where your GP is more appropriate we will say so. This page is factual service information, not a recommendation to use any medicine. We always make patients aware that generic sildenafil — the same active ingredient — is also available. Never combine sildenafil with nitrates, nicorandil or ‘poppers’; it gives no protection against sexually transmitted infections.