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Sildenafil (Viagra®) has two actions that may be of consequence in patients with heart disease. It can lower the blood pressure, and it can interact with nitrates. It should never be used in patients who are taking nitrates.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
According to the Migraine Research Foundation, migraines are the third most prevalent illness in the world. Women are most affected (18%), followed by children of both sexes (10%), and men (6%).
Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.
Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.