I’d like to see how this effect from Sildenafil compares to increased NO levels from eating beets.
Viagra improves brain blood flow and could help to prevent dementia
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Re: Viagra improves brain blood flow and could help to prevent dementia
#4250mg 3x a day, according to the study: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.124.32432...
Seems high to me, but I've never taken the drug. I assume most people take it just a few times a week for it's intended use? Is anyone aware of research that shows positive benefits to health at recreational doses?
Re: Viagra improves brain blood flow and could help to prevent dementia
#43Viagra increases the effect of nitric oxide, which is bad stuff when it gets into cytochrome complex iv in the mitochondria (IIRC). I would personally suspect based on that, that its effects on brain health would be negative in spite of blood flow.
Nitric oxide is a crucial part of the biology of life, especially animals. Viagra does not specifically impact the amount of nitric oxide in the body or the nitric oxide cycle mediated by arginine. It instead enhances the effect of NO in the smooth muscle. I would not worry about nitric oxide in general as it’s crucial for the basic functioning of your body.
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#45Wasn't this class of medication originally for cardiovascular issues, and the whole ED mitigation was a happy marketable accident?
Yep. Originally developed for high blood pressure and angina, but in clinical trials was found to be more effective in treating ED than heart issues.
Re: Viagra improves brain blood flow and could help to prevent dementia
#46Saunas, hot baths, and excercise improve blood flow.
This is America: we demand a low-effort, overpriced solution, preferably in pill form.
Re: Viagra improves brain blood flow and could help to prevent dementia
#47I used to buy it over the counter in Mexico for recreational purposes, now I have some ancient prescription I don’t need that’s renewed annually for free. A stiff breeze will work, it’s actually remarkable. It will totally make your skin flush and make you feel light headed, not surprised by any of this.
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#48Boss: You look... particularly excited to be working today Me: I'm just trying this new technique to boost productivity
you seem to be working hard today
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#49Boss: You look... particularly excited to be working today Me: I'm just trying this new technique to boost productivity
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#50I take 4.5mg cialis (tadalafil) every day. I think a lot of people do. Viagra is slightly different of course. Both "hims" and "blue chew" now offer a daily mint "multivitamin" of tadalafil.
You take it for this purpose or why?
I do the same because 20 years ago a roadside bomb blew up next to the vehicle I was riding in and caused it to roll over and down an embankment and the repeated impacts compressed my lumbar discs which after about 10 years manifested as degenerative disc disease at L5-S1 and a series of disc bulges and scar tissue build-up up and down my lumbar region that compressed the nerves leading to my genitals and ultimately led to a spinal fusion of that area...
...and a low dose makes it so my penis functions normally.
It's fantastic, really.