SEXACO - Viagra Could Soon Be on Sale at a Garage near You; Analysis: Viagra Looks Set to Be Available over the counter.But on the Eve of National Impotence Day, We Ask Could Some Men Be Putting Their Health at Risk?

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Byline: by Sasha Mansworth

POPPING into your local petrol station could spice up your sex life.

Not only could you fill up your petrol tank, but you could also pick up a packet of Viagra while paying at the cash till.

The controversial treatment for male erectile dysfunction is likely to be available in the high street by the end of the year.

And you can get hold of it for as little as pounds 5 each, if proposals by the Medical Controls Agency to relax the control on prescription drugs go ahead.

And while flicking through your favourite health and lifestyle magazine, you're more than likely to see an ad for Viagra popping up among the problem page and fashion spread, as reclassification of any drug under the system would also relax rules about advertising products.