University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Study Reports Viagra Drug May Help Improve Exercise Capacity in Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients

UCLA researchers have found that Viagra may help patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable disease characterized by progressive scarring in the lungs, which often leads to a lung transplant.Published in the March issue of the journal Chest, the research shows that more than half of the patients treated with Viagra, also known medically as Sildenafil, improved their walking distance by at least 20 percent during a standard test to measure lung function.>>> Discuss This Story

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