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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSome news (for better or worse) about erectile dysfunction/Alzheimer's medication
Viagra, a drug well-known for its ability to treat erectile dysfunction, may soon have a surprising new purpose preventing Alzheimers disease. A study of existing FDA-approved medications has revealed that taking the drug lowered the chances of developing the disease over the next six years by a stunning 69 percent.
Sildenafil which drug manufacturers label as Viagra for erectile dysfunction and as Revatio for pulmonary hypertension emerged from a field of over 1,600 FDA-approved drugs as the most promising candidate to battle Alzheimers.
https://www.studyfinds.org/viagra-reduces-alzheimers-risk/?utm_campaign=Study%20Time%21%20Latest%20Articles%20From%20StudyFinds.org&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter
Damn, finally they'll be fun, fun, fun in the old folk's homes
Haggard Celine
(16,846 posts)whathehell
(29,067 posts)Haggard Celine
(16,846 posts)I'd like to know how it works for Alzheimer's. I always figured it increased blood flow down below in men, but I don't know how that translates into stopping Alzheimer's, especially if it helps women patients, too. I wonder if they can modify the medicine a little so that it won't cause erections in men. If a man takes it for Alzheimer's prevention, that doesn't necessarily mean he wants an erection, too.
Disaffected
(4,557 posts)Viagra doesn't work unless the male is hot-to-trot when he takes it.
Haggard Celine
(16,846 posts)I guess I never gave it serious thought, but I just imagined it causing an erection like blowing up a balloon. But now that I think about it, a drug wouldn't work quite like that.
Disaffected
(4,557 posts)it's little like gas in a car - won't run unless the engine is cranked.
bucolic_frolic
(43,182 posts)multigraincracker
(32,688 posts)on females?
panader0
(25,816 posts)a couple of years back. What a dilemma, help my mind but increase my frustration.
I'll have to ponder this.....