10 Years of Blue Wonder: Viva Viagra!

Viagra made it for real! Viagra is the most famous and sold legal drug worldwide! This year it turns the 10th time being available on the market. Happy Birtday & Viva Viagra!

15 years ago, the clinical project manager at drug giant Pfizer Mr. Michael Allen took a call from a doctor in a Welsh town that gave the first hint of a revolution to come. The doctor had been running a small clinical trial testing a new drug to treat angina as well as to improve the blood flow in general. "UK-92480" was born!

Unfortunately the trials had showed that it did not have much impact on the initial disease, and indeed was less effective than existing treatments. When the doctor reported to Michael Allen, he mentioned some side effects among the healthy volunteers in the researches. These included indigestion, back pain - and... erections.

Five years and much research later, Pfizer applied for marketing approval for the drug - not for angina, but for male impotence. Ten years on, and Viagra has been used by more than 30 million men worldwide for erectile dysfunction. But the little blue wonder pill did not only save lots of sex lives and marriages! It also helped finding new email - friends.  Before Viagra you never dreamed about gorgeous Angela, Jessica, Lisa, or Betty to write you offering great advice where to get the blue little pill the cheapest. Email - spamming is not mentioned in the backage insert.

Nevertheless Viagra is being used or investigated for the treatment of more than a dozen diseases and health problems. Researchers say it could turn out to be as versatile as Aspirin. On Viagra´s 10th birthday amojoo wants to prize and introduce also all the other positive "side effects" the drug shows responsible for:

Heart Failure: Research in Italy suggested that Viagra improves the ability of patients with heart failure to exercise. The drug increased oxygen uptake, reduced pressure in the arteries, and improved the working of the lungs, said the Milan University researchers. Again, it's thought that the drugs does so by increasing levels of nitric oxide.

Stroke: Doctors believe that if given within three days of a stroke, the drug could help both men and women regain and improve movement, speech and thinking via its effect on the molecule cGMP, which is thought to create new cells in the brain. The trial follows successful work with animals and a small number of patients. "What we found is that we can use Viagra to create new brain cells," said Dr Michael Chopp, scientific director of the Neuroscience Institute at the hospital. "When animals with stroke are treated with Viagra, the drug provides very significant neurological functional benefit. They do much better."

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