Viagra is now being prescribed not only for erectile dysfunction (ED) but might also treat a variety of respiratory and cardiac disorders, reports the Harvard Men’s Health Watch.
Although some of the side effects of ED drugs are cause for concern, one of Viagra’s unintended benefits is the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Viagra is now marketed under the name Revatio, which is intended to treat this rare but serious disorder of high pressure in the blood vessels leading to the lungs.
Viagra also alleviates the symptoms of altitude sickness by reducing pulmonary artery pressure at high altitude and improves the ability to exercise in low oxygen conditions.
The scientists’ studies also suggest Viagra might help patients with congestive heart failure, diastolic dysfunction, and Raynaud’s phenomenon.
