Posted on 06/19/2023 2:46:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction medication Viagra can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 69%. Credit: Audrey Disse, CC BY-SA 3.0 Research published recently suggests that Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction drug Viagra can decrease the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to 69 percent.
The research, which was published in Nature, found that the medication has a direct effect on brain health and significantly reduces the toxic proteins that can cause dementia.
The study’s findings are so promising that the drug may someday be used to counter dementia. A new team of experts is preparing to conduct another study that builds on this data but tests the generic version of Viagra, sildenafil, in patients suffering from early Alzheimer’s.
The team of researchers arrived at Viagra’s viability as a treatment for dementia after analyzing 1,600 approved drugs hoping to find one that could be repurposed to fight the root causes of dementia.
“Sildenafil, which has been shown to significantly improve cognition and memory in preclinical models, presented as the best drug candidate. Sildenafil may have neuroprotective effects and reduce levels of toxic tau proteins,” said Dr. Feixiong Cheng, the lead researcher on the study, which was conducted by the Cleveland Clinic.
Grecian Delight supports Greece Despite the excitement surrounding the study’s promising results, some experts are advising people to not get their hopes up quite yet, as clinical trials are still necessary.
Coffee and Viagra offer new hope in fight against Alzheimer’s Another recent study uncovered another unlikely weapon in the fight against dementia: coffee. Research suggests that coffee consumption may significantly decrease your chances of developing the disease.
The study sheds light on the mysterious disease, for which there is no cure as of now. While coffee does not mitigate or fight Alzheimer’s like some medications do, the study found that people with no memory loss who also drank larger than average amounts of coffee were at less of a risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, which is considered a pre-stage of Alzheimer’s disease.
“With Alzheimer’s disease, there’s currently a lack of any effective disease-modifying treatments. Our research group is specifically looking at modifiable risk factors that could delay the onset of the disease, and even a five-year delay could have massive social and economic benefits,” said lead author Samantha Gardener, who is a research fellow at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia.
“Worldwide, a high proportion of adults drink coffee every day, making it one of the most popular beverages consumed,” Gardener added.
The popularity and ubiquitousness of coffee could make it a viable method of deferring the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. But she also stressed that further studies are necessary. Gardener and her team are not yet sure what ingredient in coffee itself contributes to the delaying of Alzheimer’s.
“This is, obviously, preliminary data and it needs a lot more research before being recommended, but it’s really positive, and hopefully in the future, it can be incorporated as a modifiable lifestyle factor that can delay Alzheimer’s disease onset,” Gardener said.
Had a cuzzin who died about an hour after taking a blue pill. When they buried him he was still boned up. But he DID NOT have alzheimers so I guess it’s true?
seems like a boner helps old men remember they want sex ;)
Didn’t read article. Did they say to give Viagra to women as preventative med?
Viagra was first developed as a heart med.
Forget the doctor, if it lasts more than four hours, I’m calling EVERYBODY!
I’ve never experienced that.
For later.
L
I think there may be something to this. I’m getting old so I forget names of people I currently work with, but I remember every hot lady by name I was with back in the day.......but only 69% of my conquests were hot....as I remember it......good memories😊
Viagra increases blood flow....to the brain, heart, arteries and.... you know.
I see the correlation. Makes sense.
Anyone remember what my ex-wife’s name is?
Oh Rita
Nancy!
Whatever...
(Groundhog Day)
Book mark.
Naw.
He’d just look ridiculous as a wannabe statesman sporting a persistent woody.
Yet even more evidence of what causes the condition, yet they try to keep everyone focused on ‘treatment’.
Nothing ever changes.
But yeah: Go do that walk to further fund those operating the massive donation machine. /s
Behold the irony of the woodie..
Prevents a stroke on the downstroke
This study was funded in part by Maxwell House Coffee. 😅
Bkmk
Specifically developed for Right Sided Heart Failure, for which it has/had a Brand name patented as Revatio. The dosage at 80 mg/day.
It was during the heart failure original trials/research of the agent, that a notable side effect was found from the alleviation of the blood pressure issues in vascular tissue beds.. like the male organ. This, combined with impressive research at the Vascular Biology Working Group (Univ. of FL) describing the nitric oxide (antioxidants involved in, etc) cascade- that put together the approval of Viagra brand.
Prior to this- gel nitroglycerine (usually used to alleviate cardiac angina) was used to achieve erections transdermally absorbed (with a noted side effect for females of nitroglycerine-— massive headaches. truth). Diabetics found some relief of their neuropathy in that region. Viagra having a later discovered nitroglycerine contraindication (caused by heart attacks during intercourse, viagra and nitroglycerine taken together by individuals, as well as nitroglycerine administered to older Viagra users in arrythmia/chest pain, by emergency svcs/EMTs etc. Nitro contraindicated with any of the viagra class of agents.
Not surprising. Nitroglycerin is a powerful vasodilator ... the whacking huge headache is notorious among folks who work with the stuff in the explosives context.
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