Alzheimer’s Risk Lowered by..Viagra?

On the surface this new study from the Cleveland Clinic sounds like it could be a game changer. 

“Usage of the medication sildenafil – better known to most as the brand-name drug Viagra – is associated with dramatically reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests.

According to a study led by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic, taking sildenafil is tied to a nearly 70 percent lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s compared to non-users.” 

But once you dig into the details, the news is less promising. Here the announcement is not the result of a scientific study, just an analysis of health insurance claims. There are any number of plausible reasons why people who use sildenafil show fewer Alzheimer’s diagnoses after 6 years, from economic disparity to gender bias. It’s worth studying in greater detail, but don’t go out looking for little blue pills to stave off dementia just yet.

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