Viagra Medication – Scientist’s Suggestion for England Football Team
A fantastic rumour has been going round that the English football squad have been advised to take Viagra to counteract the effects of altitude during the World Cup in South Africa next year.
It was claimed that with the squad facing playing at nearly 5,000 feet above sea level at the grounds at Rustenburg, football officials were concerned that their lung capacity would not hold up and impair their game.
The tabloid The News of the World quoted sports scientist Richard Pullen as saying, “I’ll point out the England squad the potential benefits of using Viagra for games played at altitude.
“Its scientifically proved than the process of how Viagra works in the body, by enlarging the blood vessels, can improve the performance of some athletes.”
Richard Pullen has been hired by the F.A to provide the team with specialising training techniques and he added, “Also known as sildenafil, it’s been used by football teams in South Africa and some cyclists because it’s not a banned substance.”
He speculated that a number of countries who have made it through to the world cup would be considering using the erectile dysfunction treatment to boost performance.
Viagra is a medication generally used to enable men with erectile dysfunction to achieve an erection. It is a PDE-E 5 inhibitor that works to attack the chemical that indicates that the blood vessels to the penis should expand and allow more blood in. This means erections can be achieved more easily and maintained. Its action is similar to the other two erectile dysfunction treatments on the market, Cialis and Levitra.
Previous studies have shown that at high altitude, the drug significantly improved the performance of trained cyclists. It is thought this was because the drug reduced constriction of the blood vessels in the lungs, allowing better blood flow to the heart, better transfer of oxygen from the lungs to the blood and improved oxygen delivery as the muscles were working.
As Cialis and Levitra have a similar chemical compound it is likely that sports-people using them at high altitudes would also experience a boost to their performance, though this has not yet been established through trials.
The F.A have not said for sure whether they will be following Mr. Pullen’s recommendations. A spokesperson for the footballing body said, “The England Medical staff are conducting detailed research with a variety of experts ahead of next year’s world cup.
