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Viagra Linked To Blood Clotting, Heart Attacks

The January 10, 2002 issue of Cell reports that research at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine has found Viagra may be the cause of heart attack and strokes in men who take the impotence drug.

This study surprised the researchers because for the past 20 years, it has been thought that a compound in cells called cGMP prevented heart attacks and stroke by keeping blood platelets from clumping together or clotting. This study found that not only does cGMP cause platelet clumping that can lead to heart attacks and strokes, but also that Viagra actually increases levels of cGMP in the body.

Viagra was originally developed to prevent heart attacks and strokes by stopping platelets from clumping together. As of July 1999, 564 deaths of men taking Viagra have been reported.

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