SIPE & Viagra--not such strange bedfellows when you think about it.+

[DocVikingo]

Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema: Pathophysiology and Risk Reduction With Sildenafil

But divers are cautioned that sildenafil appears to increase the risk of CNS ox-tox & has been linked to seizures in people with no history of epilepsy.

Much more research is needed on this issue before sildenafil can be considered as prophylactic in scuba-related SIPE.

In the meantime, keep a stiff upper lip.

Cheers,

DocVikingo

 

[kelemvor]

In the meantime, keep a stiff upper lip.

It's possible that you may have misunderstood the purpose in Viagra.

 

[divad]

Perhaps his thoughts had turned to tapirs;

 

[WrmBluH2O]

Prophylactic viagra? Drunken rodents? Oh happy day! I am home. A rat model of chronic moderate alcohol consumption & risk of DCS.+

 

[Duke Dive Medicine]

Ditto what DocV said. Dr. Moon carefully considered the potential for divers misunderstanding this research before he published it. Please do not use sildenafil for IPE prophylaxis while diving.

Best regards,
DDM

 

[kelemvor]

It's really frustrating that scientific studies usually have a fairly high cost to just read them. I guess I understand, they want professional scientists to pay for the "work" of publication. For those of us who stand to benefit little from the read other than possibly personal enrichment, is there a way to read the documents without the high cost? Pubmed wants $35 for a single article!

In any event, here's a laymen article based on the study. It seems to make good sense for surface swimmers where oxtox is not going to be a concern. Viagra relieves life-threatening condition in swimmers and divers Also, the same article references another study linking sildenafil and higher incidence of skin cancer. So.. swimmers take it and cover up with some upf clothing? Also, I guess the author of this article didn't get Dr. Moon's memo about this not applying to divers.

 

[afdgf]

There are several ways to get journal articles that work in some, but not all, instances. The first is that some articles are open access if the author paid the license fee upfront. The second is that PubMed Central sometimes has articles in their format if the study was funded by NIH and certain other funders. A third place to try is ResearchGate. If you know the author's name then you can search on their name on ResearchGate and they may have posted their article there. From the PubMed abstract, you should be able to eventually figure out the author's email address. You could email them and ask them to send you a copy of the article. It may be possible to go through your local library and ask them to get you a copy of the article. Sometimes if you just do a google search on the title you might be able find the article. I am a researcher and I have used all of these methods to get articles that I could not get through my university library when I needed to. They all work sometimes.
There is also an alternative pirate site that may be viable, but I have not used it.