Viagra `not a risk to heart'

Paris - The risk of a fatal heart attack for men using the popular anti-impotence drug Viagra is no higher than among the general…

Paris - The risk of a fatal heart attack for men using the popular anti-impotence drug Viagra is no higher than among the general public, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reports in Saturday's issue. Of 5,601 men taking the drug in 1998-99, 10 died of a heart attack, a rate that was no higher than in the general population in England at that time.

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