Here’s an advice for all those young men who like popping Viagra pills to boost their bedroom performance — the anti-impotence drug can damage your ability to father a child London: So you thought Viagra was a medical miracle? Then you ought to read this: The pill could seriously affect your fertility.
Researchers at the Queen’s University in Belfast have found that Viagra harms fertility particularly in young people who use the drug recreationally and it could also impair their ability to have families.
“Viagra has become a widely used recreational drug. It is mixed with cocaine, for example, and is sold in clubs. Our work leaves open the possibility that there could be a cumulative effect from taking Viagra, however, which could pose serious fertility problems in later life,” ‘The Observer’ newspaper quoted lead researcher Dr David Glenn as saying.
In fact, the researchers came to the conclusion after carrying out two sets of experiments.
The first involved taking sperm samples from volunteers and then bathing them in weak solutions of Viagra. The aim was to produce a Viagra level equivalent to that found in the blood of a man who had taken a single 100-mg pill.