Viagra Potentially Save Lives from Colorectal Cancer
Viagra has been a drug that changed men's lives around the world over the past two decades. But in addition to its distinctive effect on male physiologists, this blue pill turns out to be another bigger effect that has never been known to scientists before.
The researchers studied the effects of viagra on mice given in small doses each day in drinking water. The result, the risk of mice exposed to colorectal cancer, cancer that develops from the cells of the large intestine, significantly reduced.
Giving viagra in small doses can reduce the number of tumors in these animals by half.
But keep in mind if this research is still done limited to mice, have not been tested on people.
The next step is what the researchers want to pursue. They want to conduct clinical trials in patients who are considered at high risk of colorectal cancer or have a history of the disease. The two criteria are at least that will be a research priority.
If the effect can be replicated in humans, it will be a progress in the world of medicine to save the lives of many people.
The reason, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world. The disease affects one million people annually.
With this latest finding, it is possible that the number of cases is reduced.
In the study, the researchers also showed that small doses of viagra can halve the polyps, abnormal clumps of cells that form in the lining of the intestines that tend to become tumors, in rat tissue.
Viagra then also encourages the production of a chemical called cyclic GMP in the body that can suppress proliferation or excessive cell formation in the gut.
As we know the intestine deals with everything that we put into our mouth every day so that it undergoes a high cell turnover. That's why polyp formation is so common. The more new cells are formed, the more likely a polyp occurs.
Cyclic GMP seems to increase normal cell formation and eliminate other abnormal cells.
When we administer Viagra, we shrink the whole part of the developing cells.
In this case, polyps are actually not affected by the drug so it seems that viagra can not be used against the tissues that have turned into cancer. However, Viagra demonstrates the ability to prevent cancer.