Viagra boosts athletic performance?

[Steve21]

According to a recent medical research paper, Viagra might give athletes a performance boost.

Do you consider this doping? Should this be illegal? How can they tell the difference between legit use and doping?

[1D4LV]

depende ang classification neto kung doping eh. normally, doping is for long-term, pero kung viagra lang, mukhang panandalian lang ang effect.

and besides, imagine someone running a sprint with a raging boner in front of him. or swimming a 100 meter backstroke with something like a shark-fin protroding in front of him.

i don't know, i guess it would be best for the governing bodies to classify this.

[ooba99]

According to a recent medical research paper, Viagra might give athletes a performance boost.

Do you consider this doping? Should this be illegal? How can they tell the difference between legit use and doping?

Di pa naman proven yan. So I suppose there is no point in arguing whether it's illegal or not.

[chua_riwap]

Pampatigas ng ehemm.............muscle.

[crave]

medyo OT: AFAIK, di naman ume-effect ang viagra sa taong may normal erection...

hence, di rin ito eeffect sa "normal" patient, pwera na lang kung may dysfunction yung gagamit...

[_Cathy_]

Ang labo naman. Athlete but can't get a ... Aren't athletes supposed to be physically superior?

[1D4LV]

Ang labo naman. Athlete but can't get a ... Aren't athletes supposed to be physically superior?

normally, athletes take testosterone, which i think is not a banned substance. ginagawa nila yan during training. testosterone kasi is used by the body.

parang mahirap ata pagsabayin ang testosterone tsaka viagra ah... mukhang wala ng patayan yun. hehehehe.

[ab_initio]

medyo OT: AFAIK, di naman ume-effect ang viagra sa taong may normal erection...

hence, di rin ito eeffect sa "normal" patient, pwera na lang kung may dysfunction yung gagamit...

my post in the other thread made mention about ***ual excitement in relation to erection. hence, the use of viagra is just nothing but an overkill...it's all in the brain.

there was one conversation of women when i happened to eavesdrop that viagra's claim isn't true. her hubby had been taking it to enhance his (churvah). but one night wife placed her ponstan sf near the untaken viagra. hubby took the ponstan instead but wife claimed that hubby yielded that same primal energy...he performed the way he did in the previous nights when he was taking viagra.

answering the primary question, i guess, it's not doping but it's use should be regulated. why should athletes need to increase cardiac activity when they're into physical strain already. cardiac overload yan, malamang. tigok.

so di naman cguro totoo...IMO

[crave]

hence, the use of viagra is just nothing but an overkill...it's all in the brain.

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ma'am ab_initio

OT: i think may therapeutic effect talaga ang viagra for dysfunction especially for old people kasi kapag tumatanda ang tao maraming factors ang dahilan kaya nagkakaroon ng erectile dysfunction (e.g. Neurogenic Disorders, hormonal disorders, side-effects from some medications for other diseases, etc.). ung viagara, na may active constituent na Sildenafil citrate na nagpaparelease ng Nitric oxide (NO) na nagiincrease ng level ng cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) that may lead vasodilation ng helicine arteries kaya nakakadaan yung blood that may lead to erection.

pasensya na masyadong maraming technical terms. future pharmacist (pharmacy student) here.

[ab_initio]

Do you consider this doping? Should this be illegal? How can they tell the difference between legit use and doping?

it's not doping.

when it's doping, it's illegal.

in the case of viagra, it is supposedly a regulated drug. meaning this can only be dispensed when it's prescribed. its sale without prescription becomes illegal. for the consumer, he assumes the risk when he takes viagra without adequate prescription, but it's not doping.

there's doping when what has been passed is a prohibited article. then that's illegal.

legitimate use therefore may be looked into by knowing its classification.

IMO lang po.