I’m reading that cialix and viagra promote nitric oxide—which declines as we age. Nitric oxide is normally made by the veins and arteries and keeps them supple so blood flows normally through the blood vessels. Nitric oxide goes into steep decline as we age. that makes the blood vessels more brittle and therefor more vulnerable to cracking the inner blood vessel wall called the endothelium— which allows ldl to break past the inner wall and accumulate as plaque. These drugs were developed in the 1990’s as blood pressure medicines. However, their secondary uses made them household names. Now I’m reading that actually nitric oxide plays a much more significant role in the entire endicrine system for both men and women. That the loss of nitric oxide in the body as we age is part of the systemic break down that occurs with the aging process. That just as a matter of retaining good health its a good idea for both men and women to keep nitric oxide at levels we were at many decades before.
Here’s a real puzzler about that. Years ago it was noted that people with Schizophrenia have a greater than normal amount in their blood; but people with Alzheimer’s have almost none.
And — that’s it. No other correlation despite intense research.