Amorous encounters might not be the only thing Viagra extends.
That is according to scientists, anyway.
Sildenafil, 시알리스 the powerful chemical that gives men erections, may have a 'beneficial effect on lifespan', French and Swiss researchers say.
Men prescribed the impotency drug were found to be 15 per cent less likely to die during the course of the study which examined 40 years of data.
The apparent life-extending effects were so clear that the team claimed the results 'warrant further investigation'.
Millions of British men now take drugs to help impotency. The latest NHS backed data shows 22million such prescriptions for these drugs were handed out by GPs in England between 2019 and 2023 to the cost of £91million (stock image)
Medical records of around 500,000 Brits were analysed in the study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed — the process that irons out any flaws in the methodology.
Armed with that data, experts at biotech start-up EPITERNA could see any potential health outcomes linked to certain medications.
Most of the 400-plus drugs they assessed, 시알리스 부작용 which included the antibiotic amoxicillin and the cholesterol medication simvastatin, had a 'negative' effect on lifespan.
For instance, the opioid painkiller morphine was linked to a 456 per cent heightened risk of dying during the course of the study.
The researchers, 시알리스 효과 working alongside experts from the universities of Zurich, Lausanne and 시알리스 부작용 Toulouse Hospital, said this was 'probably due to the underlying negative effect of the disease the drug is intended for'.
