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Viagra soothes the heart

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Impotence drug is rebranded to tackle fatally high blood pressure.

The little blue pill famous for enhancing love lives is now being used to treat the heart. Research showing how Viagra acts above the belt has put the pill on pharmacy shelves in a repackaged form, to help the sufferers of a devastating heart and lung condition.

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  1. Galiè N., et al. New England Journal of Medicine, 353. 2148 - 57 (2005).

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Schubert, C. Viagra soothes the heart. Nature (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/news051114-8

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