Who here takes Viagra? Hardly a badge of shame, is it? I know a few of us have posted about it helping with everything, except the orgasm. My young nephew. Healthy, bodybuilder. Him and friends down the gym are all taking it. Kids, eh? The future is safe with them.
Anyway, before Christmas I was taking quite a lot and I thought I'd better check about long-term health implications. I was pleasantly surprised with the results.
Viagra may be useful against Alzheimer's dementia
Cleveland Clinic Research Identifies Sildenafil as Candidate Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease
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"sildenafil users were 69% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than non-sildenafil users"
Viagra associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease
nih.gov/news-events/nih-res...
"people (mostly men) who took sildenafil were 69% less likely to develop AD over 6 years than those who did not take the drug"
I assumed that it was simply increasing cerebral blood flow, but no. Here is the quote:
"Exposing the (brain) cells to sildenafil led to increased growth of neurites, which connect neurons to each other, and decreased tau phosphorylation, an early biomarker of AD."
I take my brain health seriously. Off all the joys of this disease of ours I don't be needing dementia. Obviously, no one does. But us lot should take prevention a lot more seriously.
Obviously, the kind of dementia that can afflict us lot isn't Alzheimer's but I'll take any hope that's on offer. That and cutting down on trans-fats, stop smoking, go easy on the booze, don't vegetate in front of crap TV shows, learn new things. Still working on the regular exercise. I'll get back to you on that.
