Viagra improves brain blood flow and could help to prevent dementia • Hacker News Board

QuantumGood wrote: post #7

jjallen wrote: post #4

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You take it for this purpose or why?

It is prescribed for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH; an enlarged prostate) which include difficulty urinating—not just for ED

ouch thank you for explaining your usecase

Re: Viagra improves brain blood flow and could help to prevent dementia

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Post by a_wild_dandan » Sun, Jun 09, 2024, 12:38 AM UTC

“…involving 75 participants who had experienced a minor stroke and showed signs of mild to moderate small vessel disease.”

Re: Viagra improves brain blood flow and could help to prevent dementia

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Post by sva_ » Sun, Jun 09, 2024, 12:39 AM UTC

boguscoder wrote: post #6

Hmm I thought viagra improves blood flow in opposite place but 2 for price of 1 is great too

I think it just causes vasodilation anywhere in the body?

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Post by koolala » Sun, Jun 09, 2024, 12:40 AM UTC

the_arun wrote: post #3

It needs prescription, correct?

ummmmmm... no offense if you have dementia and i have no easy way to ask about it, sorry this question is personal and you could easily just be asking for a friend