Viagra can go beyond its primary scope of action one of the world’s bestselling meds saved the life of a newborn Israeli girl who was diagnosed a severe lung disease according to the local agency Cursor. Enlisting the permission of Ministry of Health, doctors at Ziv hospital, located in the city Safed in the northern part of the country, added Viagra to the complex of pulmonary hypertension treatment in a newborn. Pulmonary hypertension, a disease causing excessively high blood pressure in the lungs, typically results in severe hypoxia oxygen deficiency in body tissues. Mortality statistics in children with this disease is horrifying, as it balances in a 28-32% range.
According to Dr. Emmanuel Gottfried, a doctor in charge of a treatment, before the approval of experimental measures the baby’s chances to survive were considered to be ‘close to zero’ Deciding that other methods do not have to save the girl, doctors received special permission of Ministry of Health of Israel and started introducing small doses of medication. After 4 weeks of treatment, the girl’s condition has significantly improved and the risks of lethal outcome were eliminated. The primary function of sildenafil citrate (an active ingredient of far-famed Viagra pills) is expanding blood vessels (to achieve better erection), and the mechanism of action in the vessels of the genitals is identical to the one in the vessels of the lungs. Although this practice can hardly be referred to as pioneering, as clinical practice has several records cases of successful treatment of infants.
Sildenafil citrate effect aimed at reducing pulmonary pressure was confirmed in a number of laboratory and clinical trials. Finally, sildenafil citrate was listed by FDA as a mean for pulmonary hypertension treatment in adults in 2005.
The popular preparation has also been widely used in cardiology for pulmonary hypertension treatment for several years, but now another amazing property was discovered – the drug demonstrates nice efficacy as for the treatment of lymphatic system pathologies. The medical center at Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital clinically tested sildenafil citrate in the treatment of difficult to treat malformations of the lymphatic system in children. Doctors at Children’s Hospital Lucile Packard accidentally discovered that the drug affects the reduction of lymphangioma. It is a benign tumor originating from the lymphatic vessels,often occurring even in intrauterine babies. Sildenafil been assigned a child with a severe form of lymphangioma because of concomitant pulmonary hypertension. During the course of treatment, doctors sildenafil to his surprise noticed that lymphatic disease decreased significantly. Lymphangitis is very difficult to treat,due to the fact that the body of the tumor is often closely adjacent to the vital organs, and it is almost impossible to remove surgically. Tumor cells grow and may block the airway or prevent the development of the child’s heart and lungs. Thus, the ED medication gives you a serious hope for the treatment of lymphangioma in children.
Available almost worldwide, the drug is manufactured in hundreds of forms and modifications: from branded drugs by Pfizer to cost-effective generic analogs by generic shops, like Canadian Pharmacy Online, also known as Canadian Health Pharmacy www.canadianhealthcaremalll.com; the platform going beyond the sales function and representing a comprehensive healthcare service.