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Viagra decreases the effect of stress on the heart
January 18, 2006
The famous erectile
dysfunction drug Viagra which rocketed to fame for boosting
the sexual performance
of men can now provide relief to people suffering with cardiovascular
disease by blunting the effect of stress on the heart. In a study,
scientists at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore
gave healthy men and women injections that stimulated the heart
to pump harder, mimicking the effect of emotional stress, exercise
or a big meal. It was found that Viagra blocked the effect of stress
by 50 percent.
The study emphasizes on the fact that erectile dysfunction drugs
such as Viagra could one day
be used as maintenance medication for people with some types of
heart disease. This would bring the drug full circle, since drug
manufacturer Pfizer Inc. first studied Viagra as a treatment for
angina but later on it was developed for treating a common sexual
problem known as erectile dysfunction or impotence.
To read more, visit: http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/yourhealth/a2005-01-19-discoveries_05.html
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