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Viagra Improves High Altitude Exercise Performance Up To 45% For Some



Date: June 24, 2006



Source: American Physiological Society



Summary: Sildenafil (Viagra) significantly improved the cardiovascular and exercise performance measures of trained cyclists at high altitude, mostly because the drug helped some participants improve a lot while others showed little change. The responders improved 39% in the time trial performance at altitude compared to their performance at altitude with a placebo. Some in the responder group improved as much as 45%. Sildenafil provided no benefit to either responders or non-responders at sea level.



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Viagra May Help Severe Altitude Sickness



Better Results Than a Placebo in High-Altitude Test





By Miranda Hitti

WebMD Health News



Feb. 1, 2005 -- A new use for Viagra may be in the works. The erectile dysfunction drug may help protect against lung problems resulting from high altitudes, say French researchers.



High altitude can sometimes cause illness, especially in people with existing heart and lung problems. The thinner air or lack of oxygen at higher altitudes can cause blood vessels to constrict. When this occurs within the lungs, the constriction of blood vessels can put more force on the heart, leading to life-threatening heart failure. The higher altitude can cause blood vessels in the lung to leak fluid and build up in the lung, interfering with oxygen exchange.



Viagra works by relaxing blood vessels, allowing more blood to flow freely through vessels. The researchers used this drug to block the effects of high altitude on blood vessels on the lung. They looked at whether the use of Viagra would help the lungs continue to get oxygen while ascending to higher altitudes.



In a recent experiment, Viagra was better than a placebo at protecting men's lungs. The results appear in the February issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.



This was no ordinary lab test. Instead, 12 men perched on a French mountain about 2.7 miles (4,350 meters) above sea level, pushing their lungs to the limits in the name of science.





The participants were normal, healthy men around 29 years old. They weren't mountaineers. None was used to high altitudes. The closest any of them had gotten to Mount Everest was probably seeing it in a photo.



But they were in for an adventure when they enrolled in the study.



High-Altitude Tests



Jean-Paul Richalet, MD, PhD, and colleagues wanted to see if Viagra (sildenafil) helped stop dangerous high-altitude health conditions.



High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) occurs when high altitude and low air pressure causes fluid to leak from blood vessels and builds up in the lungs. HAPE has a mortality rate of 44% if untreated, say the researchers. It's triggered by intense physical exertion at high altitudes that people aren't accustomed to.



The study started at sea level, where the men had baseline measurements taken. Then they left their normal lives behind for the mountains.



First stop: Chamonix. The French mountain town is located about 0.6 miles (1,035 meters) above sea level in the Alps, near the Swiss border. The men spent a day there to start adjusting to altitude. The next day, they strapped into a helicopter and soared almost 10,000 feet (3,000 meters) higher to Observatoire Vallot, located just below the summit of Mont Blanc, the highest point in Western Europe.



For five days, they stayed in the mountain observatory. Afterwards, they came back down the mountain for follow-up tests.

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