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Men Up: what's the true story behind the BBC's new drama about the first Viagra trials in Wales?

In 2021, impotence affected as many as 16.5 million men in the UK; 50 per cent of the male population. But how many of them talked about it? To their friends, even to their partners? Men have always been tight-lipped about their problems – health problems even more so, and those…

Evening Standard

Iwan Rheon: ‘Men Up is like The Full Monty. But they’re stripping for medical reasons’

The Game of Thrones actor on men’s mental health, starring in a new BBC drama about Viagra trials in Wales, and Anthony Hopkins

The Guardian - UK

Men Up: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and all about the Viagra drama set in the 1990s

Men Up is a moving BBC1 drama that shows how Viagra was developed and has Iwan Rheon, Aneurin Barnard, Joanna Page and Alexandra Roach among the cast.

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TV tonight: the gamechanging story of Viagra

Experts reveal how the little blue pill revolutionised the search for an erection. Plus: Julianne Moore joins Graham Norton on the couch. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The King Charles effect on school attendance

The Guardian - UK

‘It wouldn’t exist’: Viagra inventor tells how Welsh miners began its rise

Dr David Brown says erectile dysfunction drug, subject of a BBC drama, could have been scrapped if a miner hadn’t spoken out

The Guardian - UK

ASX soon to get its first erectile dysfunction company

Brisbane-based LTR Pharma hopes investors will be standing to attention as it launches a $7 million IPO to fund a nasal spray that works quicker than Viagra.

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The Great Erection Deception: The Stiff Nights Story review – barely deserves one star

This limp documentary about a supposedly herbal version of Viagra crowbars penis puns into a tortuous voiceover. It’s a flat, lifeless tale that fails to ask any big questions

The Guardian - UK

Exercise could work better than Viagra for some men with erectile dysfunction, according to a new study

There may be a safer, healthier alternatives to Viagra and Cialis for erectile dysfunction.

Fortune

‘It’s hard to keep a straight face opposite a Dalek on Viagra’: how we made The Tomorrow People

‘We referenced the Troubles, child slavery and drugs and even had a teenage recruit blown up onscreen by Russian Intelligence. It felt important not to talk down to children’

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of Viagra tablets sold illegally in city centre shop

Nitrous oxide canisters and counterfeit spirits were also seized on London Road

Liverpool Echo

Bristol corner shop could face booze ban after police find laughing gas and Viagra

The shop could now be banned from selling alcohol

Bristol Post

'I feared I'd never be a mum but had baby at 45 - after taking VIAGRA to fall pregnant'

Carin Rockind, from Pennsylvania, decided to try using Viagra, which is usually used to treat erection problems, after watching a video on Youtube where a woman claimed to use it to grow her uterus lining

Daily Mirror

Mum trying for baby for years says IVF finally worked after she inserted Viagra

Doctors say the drug for erectile dysfunction is not licensed for fertility treatment

Wales Online

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Louder

Freaks, mullets, coochie calls, pysch-punk and the coronation of Caroline Polachek: why Wide Awake 2023 was everything

Caroline Polachek, Osees, Viagra Boys, Shygirl and more light up the most eclectic, electric Wide Awake festival yet

The Times of India

Can women take viagra? What happens if they do?

Viagra is a medication for the sexual dysfunction in men, but what if women take it? How would it affect them? Would it have the same effect on women as it has on men? Is it safe for women?

Daily Record

New 'breakthrough' erectile dysfunction gel that works in 10 minutes launched in UK

The over-the-counter gel can be used by those who suffer ED but cannot use Viagra due to other health reasons.

The Guardian - UK

LloydsPharmacy shared customers’ sensitive data for targeted advertising

Exclusive: Investigation finds company passed on information such as purchases of Viagra to TikTok and Facebook

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Daily Mirror

Kate Middleton tries 'Viagra' delicacy joking 'I'm more adventurous' in resurfaced clip

The video shows Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, eat a delicacy from the Bahamas called a 'conch pistol' and often compared to Viagra as she jokes with Prince William

Tribune News Service

Despite pharma claims, illicit drug shipments to US aren’t full of opioids. It’s generic Viagra

For years, the FDA has defended its efforts to intercept prescription drugs coming from abroad by mail as necessary to keep out dangerous opioids, including fentanyl.

Wales Online

Two Swansea city centre roads to be closed this week as stars including Alexandra Roach and Iwan Rheon take part in filming

New BBC feature-length drama 'Men Up' is about a Viagra trial at Morriston Hospital

Wales Online

BBC's new Men Up drama about Viagra filmed and set in Swansea will star Iwan Rheon and Alexandra Roach

It will tell the true story of one of the world's first medical trials for the male impotence drug and Russell T Davies is executive producer

Wales Online

Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon films in Swansea street transported back to 1994 for new drama Men Up

The film will follow the lives of five ordinary Welshmen as they go through an extraordinary journey which ultimately, and quite accidentally - led to the creation of the erectile dysfunction drug - Viagra

Daily Mirror

Secret bunkers with Viagra found after mafia boss arrested following 30 years on run

Police have discovered a secret bunker behind a sliding floor at the back of a wardrobe in a Sicilian mafia boss' apartment after he was arrested following 30 years on the run

Inverse

Anxiety comes with sexual health side effects in men — but Viagra may not help

There are a number of reasons why erection problems may happen, including certain health problems (such as hormonal imbalances or high blood pressure).

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