Pfizer’s Viagra (Sildenafil citrate) Proves Useful for Diabetes Patients
26 12 2007According to disability-resource.com approximately 8.7 million men over the age of 20 in the United States have diabetes.

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The most life-threatening consequences of diabetes are heart disease and stroke, which strike people with diabetes more than twice as often as they do others.
Other complications of diabetes include blindness, erectile dysfuncton (impotence), kidney disease, and amputations.
Millions of men suffer from erectile dysfuncton (impotence), and erectile dysfuncton is more common among men with diabetes than others.
While it is estimated that 15-25% of healthy men experience erectile dysfunction by the age of 65, it has been reported to affect 50-60% of men with diabetes over the age of 50.
Here are three reasons that diabetics can be thankful for Viagra:
1. One side effect of diabetes is the stomach empties too slowly, causing loss of appetite and dehydration. Viagra (Sildenafil citrate) was found to relax the stomach muscles and ease this condition.
2. Viagra (Sildenafil citrate) also improved glucose control and lowered levels of certain compounds that can cause heart disease in diabetics.
3. Diabetic neuropathy (ne-ROP-uh-thee) is the medical term for damage to the nervous system from diabetes. As Autonomic nerves go to the penis, Damage to these nerves can prevent a man’s penis from getting firm when he wants to have sex. This condition is called erectile dysfunction or impotence (IM-po-tents). Viagra (Sildenafil citrate) has been proved safe and helpful for diabetic erectile dysfunction.
Thank you Pfizer!

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