Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Help People with Duchene Muscular Dystrophy

[Nelson Vergel]

In the new study, investigators found that when boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy performed handgrip exercises, the major artery of the arm and the blood vessels in muscles of the forearm failed to respond the way they did in healthy boys of similar ages, 8 to 13. But when the boys with DMD were given a single dose of tadalafil, normal vessel function and blood flow were restored. Similar results occurred when sildenafil, a drug with a similar mechanism of action on vessels but a different chemical structure, was used in place of tadalafil.


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