Many of you consider Viagra a life saver, but every once in a while there's a news story that reminds us that sometimes that isn't just hyperbole.
An infant in India born with a rare congenital heart defect is the most recent beneficiary of Viagra's literal life-saving properties.The girl's heart was positioned on the wrong side of her body, and her right lung was underdeveloped. These malformations were so severe she probably wouldn't have made it to her first birthday without surgery. That's where the Viagra comes in:
"It was a complicated and high-risk, four-hour surgery. The pressure in the lung is normally around 20 MG. But in case of Tanisha, it was 120 MG. We used Viagra before the surgery to reduce the lung pressure," said Dr Balakrishnan.
Treating infants with Viagra isn't new. For several years, hospitals have been using the drug on babies with pulmonary hypertension due to lung and heart conditions. Given the positive publicity that these types of stories garner for Viagra, we think maybe Pfizer could consider
kicking in some sort of contribution for the infants' families as well - perhaps a set of Viagra onesies or a year's supply of Pfizer-branded nappies.
