UK News The two-year-old boy kept alive by daily doses of Viagra

[The Helper]

A two-year-old boy who is being kept alive by Viagra, faces an uncertain future because of proposed cuts by the Government's drug rationing body agency.

Oliver Sherwood has the sex drug crushed into his food four times a day to control pulmonary hypertension (PH), a rare condition that causes chronic high blood pressure.

Viagra improves blood flow, which boosts erectile function in adults, but also helps open the veins and capillaries to aid circulation in rare cases such as Oliver's.

The two-year-old boy kept alive by daily doses of Viagra

A two-year-old boy who is being kept alive by Viagra, faces an uncertain future because of proposed cuts by the Government's drug rationing body. Oliver Sherwood has the sex drug crushed into his food four times a day to control his high blood pressure. However, his future health is now under...

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Hero]

Why do I get the feeling he is going to become a pr0n star?

 

[DuckieKing]

Why do I get the feeling he is going to become a pr0n star?

Spoiler

HE LOVES HIS VIAGRA.

 

[EatShrooms]

HE LOVES HIS VIAGRA.

haha

 

[Andyoyo]

Oh man, won't this mean he will have to be on Viagra daily for life? Or at least until his blood pressure balances?

 

[Insane!]

why do have perverted puns poping up in my head?

 

[monoVertex]

Have you read the article? His blood pressure cannot balance and people with this disease are not supposed to live more than 5 years. Plus, soon Viagra might not be enough to help him.

 

[Bartuc08]

Have you read the article? His blood pressure cannot balance and people with this disease are not supposed to live more than 5 years. Plus, soon Viagra might not be enough to help him.

thats sad and all but...

"smiling Bob!"

*im aware that im using the wrong ad for the wrong ED pill... but out of the 3 billion out there who can tell?

---serious---

now that that's out of the way... how did they stumble across this "cure" and if they stop making Viagra can't some other pharmaceutical company just make some more?

 

[phyrex1an]

how did they stumble across this "cure"

Actually, it's the other way around. Viagra (or the active substance in Viagra) was first intended to use against high blood pressure. I guess the the test subjects got some well known side effects and the rest is history.

 

[Bartuc08]

Actually, it's the other way around. Viagra (or the active substance in Viagra) was first intended to use against high blood pressure. I guess the the test subjects got some well known side effects and the rest is history.

hmm that's kinda cool to know

 

[The Helper]

There is just not as much as this super funny weird news these days....