Can you get Viagra over the counter at Walmart? No: in the United States, as in Australia, Viagra and generic sildenafil are prescription medicines, and the FDA lists no sildenafil product with over-the-counter status. This page gives the US regulator's answer, then the Australian one.
What does the FDA list for Viagra?
A prescription medicine. In the FDA's Drugs@FDA database, VIAGRA (sildenafil citrate) tablets of 25, 50 and 100 mg, application NDA 020895, carry the marketing status "Prescription"; the original approval is dated 27 March 1998 (Drugs@FDA — Viagra). On the US label, a "HUMAN PRESCRIPTION DRUG LABEL", the 25, 50 and 100 mg pack panels each read "Rx only" (DailyMed — Viagra label, revised November 2023).
Is generic sildenafil over the counter in the US?
No. We searched the Drugs@FDA records on 27 September 2026: of 106 sildenafil products, 79 have the status "Prescription", 18 "Discontinued" and 9 "None (Tentative Approval)", and none "Over-the-counter" (FDA — Drugs@FDA data, openFDA). The first generic tablets for erectile dysfunction went on sale in the US in December 2017, on prescription; the history and the FDA approval dates are in is generic Viagra available in the USA?
What about Viagra Connect?
It is a UK product. The UK regulator, the MHRA, reclassified Viagra Connect, a 50 mg sildenafil tablet, as a pharmacy medicine in 2017: "This means it could be available without prescription for use by men over 18 who have erectile dysfunction" (MHRA, 28 November 2017). No Viagra Connect appears among the FDA's sildenafil records, and it is not on the Australian register. How it differs from Viagra is set out in Viagra vs Viagra Connect.
What is the rule in Australia?
A prescription, as in the US: "In Australia, you need a prescription to get ED medicines" (healthdirect), and sildenafil "can only be supplied to Australians with a prescription" (TGA). The only Viagra on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods is the 25, 50 and 100 mg tablet (ARTG search). Where the prescription comes from, a GP in person or by telehealth, is answered in how can I get Viagra without seeing the doctor?
The short answer
No. The FDA lists Viagra and generic sildenafil as prescription medicines, and no sildenafil product as over-the-counter. In Australia sildenafil also needs a prescription. More over-the-counter questions are answered in our guide to buying Viagra over the counter or online.
