Viagra helps the heart

January 25th, 2005 Posted in Health

Viagra the most commonly used prescription to enhance erections in men, may play a new part in treating heart ailments.
Studies using mice have found that Sildenafil citrate (Generic name for viagra) succesfully treated enlargement and thickening of the heart, even stopping any further growth of the muscle and helping reverse any damage that took place.
Human trials will start later on this year.
Scientific findings will be published in “Nature Medicine” in the February issue.

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