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  Impotence Herbal Remedy- 5 Natural Health Secrets to Cure Your Erectile Dysfunction

  21 April 2008 (Monday)

  Why are thousands of men choosing an impotence herbal remedy over the colorful synthetic pills to cure erectile dysfunctions? Because they know the sometimes fatal side effects associated with erectile dysfunction pills.

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  Happy Birthday, Viagra!

  03 April 2008 (Thursday)

  It's the drug that raised the profile of medicine in popular culture. It's been hawked by a prominent politician and has been the butt of jokes on late-night TV. It's Viagara, and it's turning 10 today.

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  FDA Warns Consumers Not To Use "Blue Steel" And "Hero" Products

  03 April 2008 (Thursday)

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or use "Blue Steel" or "Hero" products marketed as dietary supplements throughout the United States because they are considered unapproved drugs and have not been proven to be safe or effective. These products contain undeclared ingredients, which may dangerously affect a person's blood pressure level.

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  Viagra may help men lift their spirits, too

  24 March 2008 (Monday)

  Impotence drugs such as Viagra may do more than help men physically have sex - they may also boost levels of a hormone linked with feelings of love, United States researchers reported on Thursday.

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  Viagra still going strong 10 years on

  23 March 2008 (Sunday)

  Viagra, developed by accident by scientists at Pfizer Laboratories, was first approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration on March 27, 1998.

Viagra good for treating heart ailment

EDMONTON -- Researchers in Edmonton have discovered that Viagra could save the lives of people with a certain type of heart ailment.

The pill, taken by millions of men for erectile dysfunction, has now been shown to improve the performance of diseased right ventricles of the heart. While therapies exist to treat trouble in the left ventricle, which pumps blood around the body, there were no treatments for the right side of the heart, which pumps blood only into the lungs.

"It's weird that medicine, as advanced as it is, has completely ignored the right chambers," said Evangelos Michelakis, a University of Alberta Hospital cardiologist and Canada Research Chair specialist in high blood pressure in the lung.

When the arteries of the lung constrict, the pressure of the blood inside goes up and puts a strain on the right ventricle of the heart. Patients experience shortness of breath and fatigue, and their risk of dying prematurely rises.

"Someone with high blood pressure can live 30 or 40 more years, but someone with pulmonary hypertension, which is the same but in the lungs, can only live three to five years."

In a study to be published next week in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, the U of A Hospital researchers report on the beneficial impact of Viagra on the right ventricle, which could add years to patients' lives.

Viagra targets an enzyme called phosphodiesterase Type 5. It is known to constrict the arteries in the lungs, causing breathing difficulties, and in the penis, causing impotence. It's now known that the constricting enzyme can also show up in the right chambers of the heart, spelling trouble for the patient.

"In a normal heart (the enzyme) is not there, but all of a sudden it appears once it becomes diseased," said Jayan Nagendran, a cardiac surgery resident at the U of A. Viagra relaxes the arteries in the lung, which brings down the blood pressure while the right chamber of the heart has a chance to strengthen.

Viagra, whose proper name is sildenafil, has been shown to be dangerous for patients who take nitroglycerine or other forms of nitrates to treat coronary artery disease. Both Viagra and nitrates dilate the blood vessels and, in combination, the two drugs can cause extreme drops in blood pressure.

Research published by the Edmonton team in 2002 found that Viagra helps to lower blood pressure in the lungs. The drug is now routinely prescribed to treat this condition, called pulmonary hypertension.

• The Differences Between Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra

  05 October 2007 (Friday)

  Viagra (Sildenafil), also known as “The Blue Pill”, is available in 25mg, 50mg and 100mg pills. Viagra can be taken once per day, between 30 minutes to 4 hours before sexual intercourse.

• Difference between Viagra vs Generic Viagra

  05 October 2007 (Friday)

  A generic drug must contain the same active ingredients and must be equivalent in strength and dosage to the original brand-name product. While generics and brand-name drugs contain the same active ingredients, the inactive ingredients may be different.