Viagra Saved Baby's Life.

Posted by Alex in Baby & Kids, Medicine on February 17, 2007 at 2:27 pm


This baby owed its life to viagra. No, not the way you think:

Lewis Goodfellow was born at 24 weeks weighing just 1lb 8oz. One of his lungs had failed and not enough oxygen was able to get into his bloodstream.

Doctors at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary then tried Sildenafil, also known under the trade name of Viagra, and Lewis is now home with his parents.

The drug opened up tiny blood vessels in the baby’s lungs.

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5 comments to "Viagra Saved Baby's Life."

  1. M.Sphinx
    February 17th, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Wow, a stiff being prevented by Viagra for a change.

    Sorry, terrible joke.

  2. Lenny Nero
    February 17th, 2007 at 6:51 pm

    They did this on an episode of House a few months back.

  3. Aramax
    February 17th, 2007 at 10:45 pm

    He survived and is ready to reproduce... tell his mother to run for her life!

    =D

  4. Mike LLLL
    February 18th, 2007 at 3:50 pm

    This drug is used in hospitals all over the world for pulmonary hypertension. I believe it is even in the guidelines. It was originally designed to control blood pressure, but they found in the trials that everyone was getting hard ons. The rest is history.

  5. Jimbo
    February 19th, 2007 at 8:19 am

    Poor thing, life it hard.


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