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Male Fertility May be Affected by Viagra

Viagra created a revolution in the field of pharmacy with its launch in the year 1998. The world was not the same for men anymore. Erectile dysfunction, which was a nightmare for the men folk before Viagra, became an enlightened subject for men now, thanks to the new found remedy, Viagra.

Viagra was launched with much hype as the first oral pill for treating erectile dysfunction. Viagra can truly be said to have given a boost to the sagging love-lives of the men around the world. Earlier, men were either too shy to talk about this much wide spread problem or relied on traditional methods like potions made up from the body parts of such animals which were considered to possess aphrodisiac qualities.

Viagra was earlier made as a drug for the treatment of angina pain. During the test of the drug on the subjects, men came up with some exciting report that after taking Viagra they achieved harder erections. Hence, the manufacturer, Pfizer Inc decided to market Viagra as an anti-impotence drug. The makers of this drug found that the effects of Viagra as an anti-impotence drug were far higher than its effects as an anti-angina drug.

There have been many medical researches since then regarding the other beneficial effects of Viagra and many interesting results have been found even. For instance, Viagra has been found beneficial for the patients suffering from pulmonary arterial hypertension. But some research scientists have now come up with some disturbing findings as well.

Viagra may affect male fertility, warns new research from Queen’s University Belfast. The famous impotence drug appears to massacre the sperm and reduce pregnancies in mice, in contrast to human studies, which have found no adverse effects on fertility. Viagra has been manufactured particular for the older males with an average age of 50 years but due to the results of Viagra these days youngsters have also increasingly started using Viagra as a performance enhancer drug and sometimes even as a recreational drug.

According to an experimental study, reproductive biologist Sheena Lewis and her colleagues found that the average 20 mg dose of Viagra that a man takes was when given to the mice they fertilized 30% less female eggs and moreover the fertilized eggs were too slow in their growth. This study raises question regarding those millions of young men who take Viagra and are thinking of starting a family of their own.

Researchers say they do not yet know if Viagra might have long-term effects on mouse fertility, or any effects at all on fertility in humans, or not. It is also unclear whether the drug might affect the fertility of women, who sometimes take Viagra to increase their arousal. But if the research observation of Sheena Lewis, the reproductive biologist, is to be believed then Viagra may be a hindrance in conceiving not only for the mice but for the humans as well, as Viagra may be upsetting the internal machinery of the sperms.