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Viagra raises new hope
WASHINGTON - The impotence drug Viagra may also aid in the treatment of enlarged hearts caused by high blood pressure, tests on animals indicate.
Plans are underway for a study to determine if similar results occur in humans, who will be given the drug widely used to treat erectile dysfunction.
The drug, known generically as sildenafil citrate, blocked and even reversed some of the heart enlargement in mice with blood pressure stress, said researchers led by Dr. David Kass of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
"A larger-than-normal heart is a serious medical condition, known as hypertrophy, and is a common feature of heart failure that can be fatal," Kass said.
He said the findings "suggest possible therapies in the future, including sildenafil, which has the added benefit of already being studied as safe and effective for another medical condition" - male sexual dysfunction.
The report, posted yesterday in the online edition of Nature Medicine, came as no surprise to Dr. William White, head of the hypertension section of the University of Connecticut Health Center.
White, who was not part of Kass' research team, noted that sildenafil originally was discovered by researchers studying blood pressure and heart disease.
The Associated Press
Originally published on January 24, 2005
i saw this artical in daily news in new york today
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...p-234822c.html
i was wondring if u guys can look in to this
Viagra raises new hope
WASHINGTON - The impotence drug Viagra may also aid in the treatment of enlarged hearts caused by high blood pressure, tests on animals indicate.
Plans are underway for a study to determine if similar results occur in humans, who will be given the drug widely used to treat erectile dysfunction.
The drug, known generically as sildenafil citrate, blocked and even reversed some of the heart enlargement in mice with blood pressure stress, said researchers led by Dr. David Kass of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
"A larger-than-normal heart is a serious medical condition, known as hypertrophy, and is a common feature of heart failure that can be fatal," Kass said.
He said the findings "suggest possible therapies in the future, including sildenafil, which has the added benefit of already being studied as safe and effective for another medical condition" - male sexual dysfunction.
The report, posted yesterday in the online edition of Nature Medicine, came as no surprise to Dr. William White, head of the hypertension section of the University of Connecticut Health Center.
White, who was not part of Kass' research team, noted that sildenafil originally was discovered by researchers studying blood pressure and heart disease.
The Associated Press
Originally published on January 24, 2005
i saw this artical in daily news in new york today
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...p-234822c.html
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