A 41-year-old man has died following taking two Viagra pills while drinking alcohol, it has been reported.
The man, from Nagpur, India, was staying at a hotel with a female friend, with the couple drinking together before taking two 50mg tablets of sildenafil, sold under the brand name Viagra.
When he woke up the next morning, he felt “malaise”, according to the March edition of the Journal of Forensic and Forensic Medicine.
He was also vomiting and his friend urged him to see a doctor.
However, he dismissed her concerns, telling her that he had experienced the symptoms before.
But his condition worsened.
The man was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
He died of a cerebrovascular hemorrhage, which is when the oxygen supply to the brain is reduced.
An autopsy concluded that the mixture of alcohol and drugs, along with pre-existing high blood pressure, led to his death.
His blood alcohol level was 0.186, almost four times the Australian legal driving limit of 0.05.
Viagra ‘abused’ for longer sex
In India, the unsupervised and unprescribed use of Viagra has become rampant, with people using it for longer lasting sex rather than as an aid for erectile dysfunction.
The deceased did not have a prescription for the drug, according to the Daily mail.
Side effects of the drug include headaches, recurring stomach pains, blood pressure issues, flushing, and nasal congestion.
However, according to a recent study, the drug may also have an unintended benefit.
In January, a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine claimed that using the drug reduces the risk of heart disease in men by 39 percent.
Researchers at the University of Southern California studied 70,000 adult men with an average age of 52 who had been diagnosed with erectile dysfunction at some point between 2006 and 2020, the new york post reported.
They looked at participants’ medical records to see who had taken the drug and whether or not they suffered from heart problems during the follow-up period. Factors such as race, height and weight were taken into account when adjusting the results.
The study found that those who used erectile dysfunction drugs were less likely to suffer from heart problems – and deaths from heart problems fell by almost 40%.
