Can a guy become addicted to taking Viagra? Is the drug habit forming?Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs are not addictive, even if you take them regularly. The way some people throw around words like "addiction" and "dependency", you might get a different impression. But if you read a tabloid headline about some celebrity's "Viagra addiction", rest assured it is just a figure of speech or a way of referring to their sexual exploits or compulsions.
If a man has a physical condition, like diabetes for example, that causes erectile dysfunction, and he has to take Viagra in order to function sexually, then you could say he is dependent on the drug, but only in order to get an erection. This isn't the same thing as a chemical dependency on, say, opiates or nicotine.
Taking Viagra or other ED drugs won't alter your sexual organs so that you'll become unable to achieve an erection without the drug. You'd have to have some underlying condition that causes ED in the first place.
That said, if the cause of erectile dysfunction is psychological rather than physical, it may be possible to develop a psychological dependency on Viagra. This can especially be true when performance anxiety is the problem. A man who is physically capable of getting erect without chemical help may come to rely on Viagra to bolster his confidence.
In either case, there is nothing about the drug that is compelling the individual to take it, or to take more of it more often, which are characteristics of addictions. You might see increased Viagra use - in quantity or frequency - in someone with compulsive sexual behavior, but the sexual compulsion would be driving the Viagra consumption, not the other way around.
