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Viagra helps boy with lung disease - [Science]


A New Brunswick boy is getting help for his lung condition from an unexpected source – Viagra. Braden Gendron, 6, has pulmonary hypertension, or PH, a rare and usually fatal condition affecting the lungs and heart. The only cure is a lung transplant.

Braden takes small doses of Viagra, a drug normally prescribed for erectile dysfunction, to increase blood flow to the lungs and help him breathe. His mother said it was the best option that doctors could offer.

Doctors have been using Viagra as a treatment for PH for several years and have found it can stabilize about half of patients. Braden takes four small doses of Viagra every day. But even the small amount of drug is having dramatic results.

However, because treatment for PH isn't an approved use of Viagra in Canada, neither drug insurance nor government programs will cover the cost of the drug, about $420 a month. Pfizer, maker of Viagra, says it is consulting with drug regulators about approving the drug for other purposes.

Source: CBC News

And this isn't meant to be funny but it looked like a odd article.

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