Topic: Viagra new use
Researchers may have found a new use for Viagra, after conducting tests
on mountain climbers scaling Mount Everest.
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Breathe easier ... with Viagra
The drug, which promotes erections by opening the tiny veins
and arteries leading to the penis, performs similarly in the
lungs of men and women at high altitudes, a new study has found
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German medical researchers reported that sildenafil (the generic name for Viagra)
enabled 14 climbers to better tolerate hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, while
scaling the peak. Hypoxia causes altitude sickness and hinders exercise
by constricting lung blood vessels, as well as triggering other changes
in the heart and lungs.
The results, published in the Annals Of Internal Medicine, could have wide
implications, not only for climbers and athletes working out in higher
altitudes but also for patients suffering from lung diseases and pulmonary
hypertension, said researcher Dr. Hossein Ghofrani. He does not, however,
recommend its use for the majority of people in any setting. For one thing,
it seemed to exacerbate headaches that occur often at high altitudes.
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