Sildenafil (ie Viagra) Boosts Your Heart as Well as Your Love Life:

So Why do Doctors and Drug Companies Want this to be a Secret?

For those who know the history and science of Viagra/Cialis/Levitra, the nitric oxide boost from these drugs that delivers blood flow to the penis was originally designed to improve heart health and general vascular flow. During the Covid-19 epidemic, it was theorized that the Sildenafil family of drugs (the generic name of these ED drugs) was effective in restoring epithelial cell (those that line blood vessels) health. Hikers and long-distance swimmers know that Sildenafil combats the dangers of pulmonary edema. So why are all these secondary Sildenafil health benefits kept a secret by Doctors and drug companies?

A healthy, happy senior woman. Er…if Sildenafil is such good stuff, shouldn’t senior women be taking it too?

The History of Sildenafil: Sildenafil was discovered by accident in the late 80s by Pfizer scientists who were working on drugs to combat hypertension (high blood pressure) and angina (low blood oxygen delivery to the heart). It had been known since the late 1800s that nitroglycerin offset angina (it delivered NO, nitric oxide, to the vascular system, which “relaxes” the endothelial cells lining our veins, thereby lowering blood pressure, increasing blood flow, and raising blood oxygen). Though not producing NO directly, Sildenafil affects signaling pathways that relax blood-vessels…