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Ever since it became available in 1998, Viagra<\/a> has been used by men everywhere to treat erectile dysfunction and extend sex lives by decades.\u00a0 But athletes may no longer be able to use the drug anymore after researchers have determined that it gives people an unfair advantage in sports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Even with all of the toys, pills, and videos created to enhance people\u2019s sex lives there is one product you can point to that has been more revolutionary than anything: Viagra<\/a>.\u00a0 This blue, diamond-shaped pill has helped resurrect the sex lives of impotent males across the world and given them a second chance at pleasing their woman (women).\u00a0 Now it\u2019s quite common to see silver foxes like myself strolling down the street arm-in-arm with a satisfied young lady.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also quite common to see athletes hawking the Pfizer made drug in television ads and magazines.\u00a0 In fact, some professional athletes have made millions by admitting they use Viagra<\/a> to perform better in bed.\u00a0 Interestingly enough though, this scene may become a thing of the past since the sports governing bodies are busy at work again and are actually thinking of banning Viagra<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As silly as it may sound, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is testing to see if Viagra gives athletes a competitive edge over the rest of the field.\u00a0\u00a0 And WADA is currently running a study on one of the last groups of people you\u2019d expect to need Viagra<\/a> in collegiate athletes.<\/p>\n

Lacrosse players from Marywood University are involved in a study which will help the anti-dopers to determine if the drug can really dilate a person\u2019s blood vessels to the point where they can sufficiently increase oxygen carrying capacity.\u00a0 If this can be proved, then Viagra will no doubt be added to the World Anti-Doping Agency\u2019s extensive list of banned substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Viagra, a.k.a. sildenafil citrate<\/a>, was created with the intention of treating pulmonary hypertension or high blood pressure in lung arteries.\u00a0 To do this, the drug suppresses a blood controlling enzyme and allows blood vessels to relax and widen up.\u00a0 When the vessels relax and widen then blood can flow to the penis much easier and allow the user to get more frequent erections.<\/p>\n

But what researchers are finding out now that this increased blood flow and improved oxygen transportation can give athletes increased endurance.\u00a0 Obviously being able to take a drug that can increase endurance is considered cheating in the eyes of sports governing bodies like WADA so this is a matter that must be looked at more deeply.<\/p>\n

Kenneth W. Rundell, who is the director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Marywood, seems to think that Viagra<\/a> gives athletes a serious competitive edge.\u00a0 He stated this by saying, \u201cBasically, it allows you to compete with a sea level, or near-sea level, aerobic capacity at altitude.\u201d\u00a0 Victor Conte, founder of the now infamous BALCO, also put his two cents in on the subject by saying, \u201cMy athletes took it.\u00a0 It\u2019s bigger than creatine.\u00a0 It\u2019s the biggest product in nutritional supplements.<\/p>\n

However, not everyone is so sure that Viagra<\/a> gives people a competitive edge in sports.\u00a0 Anthony Butch, who is the director of the Olympic drug-testing lab at UCLA, has repeatedly said in the past that it would be almost impossible to prove that sildenafil citrate<\/a> gives people a competitive edge.\u00a0 His reasoning is that any advantage gained will be very slight and people in the studies will most likely be taking Viagra in combination with other drugs.<\/p>\n

But despite what people like Butch may say athletes have been willing to try Viagra<\/a> in an effort to gain any kind of edge they can over the competition.\u00a0 After all, this is the same group of people that has extracted strychnine from bull testicles to better athletic performance.\u00a0 So when word spread that Viagra was being given to dogs at racetracks to help them outlast the competition you had to know athletes and coaches would be put this drug to the test.<\/p>\n

Racing dogs weren\u2019t the only indication of Viagra\u2019s possible performance enhancement since a German study done in 2004 showed how Mount Everest mountain climbers had increased exercise capacity even at 17,200 feet in the air.\u00a0 A 2006 study done at Stanford University claimed that Viagra<\/a> could improve an athlete\u2019s 10-kilometer cycling time by 40% when used at an altitude of 12,700 feet.<\/p>\n

\"CyclistFurther suspicion that sildenafil citrate<\/a> may have some kind of athletic boosting power was aroused after professional cyclist Andrea Moletta was scratched from the Tour of Italy when authorities found 82 Viagra pills and syringes hid in toothpaste bottles in his father\u2019s car.\u00a0 While no doping allegations could be proven, many think that Moletta was trying to use the drug to somehow bypass the blood doping tests done on cyclists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Going beyond masking blood doping, there are experts that believe Viagra might have some positive performance enhancing effect when taken in combination with steroids too.\u00a0 Researchers started looking into this relationship when former Major League Baseball star and top Viagra<\/a> spokesman Rafael Palmiero admitted to taking steroids.\u00a0 What was supposedly uncovered was that Viagra can aid the delivery of steroids to the muscles and help athletes recover from workouts much faster.<\/p>\n

But as of yet, none of these things have been proven and some are even skeptical as to how many athletes have been using Viagra for performance enhancement reasons.\u00a0 Travis Tygart, who happens to be the chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, says that there is no evidence of widespread usage of the drug right now.<\/p>\n

Even if there was widespread usage of Viagra<\/a> and other treatments for erectile dysfunction it would be a monumental move to ban athletes from using the drug.\u00a0 After all, there are plenty of aging players who might need some extra help in the bedroom such as Rafael Palmiero did at the end of his career.\u00a0 So is it really reasonable to punish all of these athletes even if it was proven that Viagra<\/a> could do something like aid the delivery of steroids or increase endurance in high altitudes.<\/p>\n

In my opinion, players who play professional sports in cities with high altitudes are already given an advantage over those who have to travel from low altitudes to these locations with higher altitudes.\u00a0 So is using something like Viagra<\/a> to make up for this advantage really considered cheating?\u00a0 And this is just assuming that ED drugs really do have some sort of performance enhancing effect.<\/p>\n

My guess is that WADA may find that Viagra<\/a> gives a tiny boost in athletic performance at high altitudes, but I don\u2019t think this should constitute putting it on a banned substances list.\u00a0 It\u2019s not right to further punish someone with ED by not allowing them to take a drug to help their condition just because it could be used to cheat.\u00a0 The study on the Marywood University Lacrosse team should be done soon and we\u2019ll find out how out of line WADA is in September when they make their decision.<\/p>\n


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