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Did you know that Viagra was originally developed to treat high blood pressure? Its pleasant side effect was discovered during drug trials in 1992 and an industry was born. But while Viagra may have found its place in the medicine cabinets of impotent men around the world, the drug sometimes has other applications.
Like for Calvin Muteesa, a 2-year-old British boy. He was born with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare condition that causes blood pressure to rise to dangerous levels. It makes breathing difficult and the heart must work extra hard to pump blood to the lungs.
Other than a heart-lung transplant, there is no cure for Calvin's condition. But for the past 30 months, Calvin has been taking up to six doses of liquid Viagra a day to relax his pulmonary artery, allowing more blood and oxygen to flow through. He must still wear an oxygen tube, but the drug makes breathing much less stressful on his little body.
Calvin's mother, Maureen, admits that she thought it was rather odd when a doctor first prescribed Viagra for her baby. "When I first saw the packet I didn't know what to think. I asked the nurse, 'Why on earth are you giving my son that, it's for something completely different. But you could see the difference as soon as he started taking it. It was amazing."
Since Viagra only triggers an erection if there is a desire for sex (did not know that), it has a different effect when taken by young boys. In this case, it is making life just a little easier for a very sick little boy. Viva Viagra!
Like for Calvin Muteesa, a 2-year-old British boy. He was born with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare condition that causes blood pressure to rise to dangerous levels. It makes breathing difficult and the heart must work extra hard to pump blood to the lungs.
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Other than a heart-lung transplant, there is no cure for Calvin's condition. But for the past 30 months, Calvin has been taking up to six doses of liquid Viagra a day to relax his pulmonary artery, allowing more blood and oxygen to flow through. He must still wear an oxygen tube, but the drug makes breathing much less stressful on his little body.
Calvin's mother, Maureen, admits that she thought it was rather odd when a doctor first prescribed Viagra for her baby. "When I first saw the packet I didn't know what to think. I asked the nurse, 'Why on earth are you giving my son that, it's for something completely different. But you could see the difference as soon as he started taking it. It was amazing."
Since Viagra only triggers an erection if there is a desire for sex (did not know that), it has a different effect when taken by young boys. In this case, it is making life just a little easier for a very sick little boy. Viva Viagra!
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ReaderComments (Page 2 of 2)
12-02-2008 @ 9:17AM
Uly said...Ryan, the body doesn't work in mysterious ways, certainly not in this instance. The biomechanics of how a blood pressure drug can help people, ah, get "in the mood" is quite well understood.
11-30-2008 @ 6:15PM
Vivi said...EJ Galusha: Desire for sex? What do you think boys and teenagers think about all the time. Again I ask you...what will happen to this boy when he thinks about sex as a young man?
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11-30-2008 @ 7:59PM
J said...think maybe he will get a hard-on LOL
11-30-2008 @ 6:43PM
rjfscorpio711 said...Now little Calvin is humping everything in sight.
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11-30-2008 @ 7:01PM
etta said...Re: Insurance covering Viagra, I thought it already did!! Not too long ago I read an article about how the government had spent 800 million dollars on Viagra sent to the prisons. If this is true, why is it happening??????? THis money could be spent elsewhere. The men in prisons DO NOT need this.
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11-30-2008 @ 7:08PM
Catherine McGaughey said...All this B.S. about men's needs and wants, how about thinking about women for a change, oh I forgot, we're too too complicated and nothing will help us, also women can live without having sex every night as we have more important things to do
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11-30-2008 @ 8:02PM
j said...men wouldn't need it if women didn't want it
11-30-2008 @ 8:10PM
Catherine McGaughey said...what woman do you know that works, keeps house has two or three kids want it as much as men think they do?
11-30-2008 @ 7:55PM
TBro said...It's certainly going to help that boy stand at attention !!
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11-30-2008 @ 9:00PM
j said...certainly not one with your attitude LMAO
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