ED drug can help the young and breathless

08 March, 2006

Earlier ED drug Viagra (sildenafil) has been used mainly to correct the common problem of impotence in older men panting away in bed. But now it has a new medicinal purpose, for which it will be renamed Revatio. It will also acquire a new shape and color and be prescribed in a different dose. For the drug, manufactured by Pfizer, has been found to have a dramatic effect in treating a rare but always debilitating and eventually fatal disease: pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) have an average age of 35 and are about six times more likely to be women than men. The illness leads eventually to right-sided heart failure. In the few years for which sufferers survive, it renders them unable to work or lead any form of normal existence. Viagra and generic Viagra can provide relief for the patients of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Generic Viagra is a cheaper alternative of the branded one.

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