Viagra News (2006)

Viagra Saving the Lives of the New Born Babies

Date: January 2, 2006

Doctors in the Yorkhill Children's Hospital at Glasgow are saving the lives of the ill new born babies who were on the verge of death by treating them with the male anti-impotence pill Viagra.

The controversial drug Viagra is proving to be a life saving treatment for the new born babies who are suffering from pulmonary hypertension, a cause of 'blue-baby' syndrome that affects the flow of blood in the lungs. The doctors claim that Viagra, the sexual drug for treating male impotence has proved some astonishing results in the youngsters by relieving them of their fatal condition. They now hope that the drug Viagra would be able to treat hundreds of new born babies in Scotland who are suffering from this fatal lung condition.

The use of the adult drug Viagra in the infants has sparked some controversy among and concern from the medical community as they feel that the use of Viagra for treating 'blue baby' syndrome is still in its experimental stage and hence the treatment is experimental.

A spokeswoman said: "Sildenafil has been given to a small, selected group of infants under very controlled conditions. They have been subjected to careful supervision." Pulmonary hypertension in young children is normally treated using nitric oxide gas which dilates the blood vessels leading to the lungs. But doctors have found Viagra, which increases blood flow, to be highly effective at treating the lung disease in children.