Viagra thief

Source: Wikipedia (Audrey disse) 

Police in Spain arrest Viagra robber

Spanish police say they have detained a man suspected of robbing 10 pharmacies at gunpoint, taking their money and all available boxes of Viagra.

Police in Madrid began receiving reports of the thefts in January.

Victims said the "only objective" of the lone gunman was to take boxes of Viagra and cash.

The authorities suspect the 43-year-old man of selling the pills on the black market, where they are sought by users for recreational purposes.

Combined with the illegal drug Ecstasy, the anti-impotence pill is well known on the club scene as Sexstasy.

Viagra manufacturer Pfizer warns the drug should not be taken unless recommended by a doctor.

Source: BBC News 

Spotlight on Vocabulary:

The drug should not be taken unless recommended by a doctor. 

- if ... not / except if. The drug should not be taken if it isn't recommended / except if it is recommended by a doctor. (a menos que, a no ser que)

• I'm not going unless you come with me.
• Unless there is a chance of reaching a compromise, I don't see the point of further discussions.
• He won't be happy unless he wins.

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Can you rewrite this sentence using ‘unless’?
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