Is Viagra 50 mg Tablet (sildenafil) halal?

Active ingredient(s)

• Sildenafil citrate 50 mg

Inactive ingredients

5 halal · 4 uncertain · 0 concern — flagged: Calcium Stearate, Magnesium Stearate, Lactose Monohydrate, Triacetin

• Microcrystalline Cellulose

  Excipient (filler)
  Looks Halal
• Calcium Stearate

  Excipient (lubricant)
  Uncertain
• Magnesium Stearate

  Excipient (lubricant)
  Uncertain
• Croscarmellose Sodium

  Excipient (disintegrant)
  Looks Halal
• Hypromellose (HPMC)

  Capsule material / coating
  Looks Halal
• Lactose Monohydrate

  Excipient (filler/binder)
  Uncertain
• Titanium Dioxide

  Colorant
  Looks Halal
• Triacetin

  Excipient (plasticizer)
  Uncertain
• FD&C Blue 1 (Brilliant Blue)

  Colorant
  Looks Halal

Used to treat

• Men's Health (ED & BPH)

Why this status

What to do next

1. Do not stop your medicine without speaking to your clinician.
2. Ask your pharmacist about the source of any flagged excipients (e.g., stearate, gelatin, glycerin).
3. Ask whether a different manufacturer or formulation has a clearer ingredient profile.
4. If fiqh nuance applies (e.g., ethanol or animal-derived), consult a qualified scholar.
5. Save to My Meds to track and re-check later.

• DailyMed — Viagra prescribing infoRegulatorHigh confidencedailymed.nlm.nih.gov
• Microcrystalline Cellulose — FDA Inactive Ingredient Database (IIG)RegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Calcium Stearate — FDA Inactive Ingredient Database (IIG)RegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Magnesium Stearate — FDA inactive ingredient databaseRegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Croscarmellose Sodium — FDA Inactive Ingredients DatabaseRegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Hypromellose (HPMC) — USP HPMCScholarlyMedium confidencewww.usp.org
• Lactose Monohydrate — FDA IIG — Lactose monohydrateRegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Titanium Dioxide — FDA Inactive Ingredient Database (IIG)RegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• Triacetin — FDA IIG — TriacetinRegulatorHigh confidencewww.accessdata.fda.gov
• FD&C Blue 1 (Brilliant Blue) — FDA — Color additivesRegulatorHigh confidencewww.fda.gov

Halal-friendlier alternatives

Ranked by status and flagged excipients in our database. Your clinician must approve any switch.

Top pick: Cialis 5 mg Tablet (tadalafil) — Fewer flagged excipients (4 vs 5).

• Cialis 5 mg Tablet (tadalafil)

  Eli Lilly · Tablet (film-coated)

  Fewer flagged excipients (4 vs 5).

  Catalog pick
  Uncertain
• Finasteride 1 mg Tablet

  Aurobindo Pharma · Tablet (film-coated)

  Fewer flagged excipients (3 vs 5).

  Same condition
  Uncertain
• Tamsulosin 0.4 mg Capsule

  Boehringer Ingelheim · Capsule (modified-release, hard gelatin)

  Fewer flagged excipients (4 vs 5).

  Same condition
  Uncertain