What happens if a woman takes Viagra as doctors advise against it

Here's a fun thing for you to do, go onto Google and type in 'what happens if' to see which options it coughs up for you.

For me, it's suggesting I ought to know the consequences of dying without a will, eating raw chicken, consuming mouldy bread or avoid sleep altogether.

Just to run through those quickly, whatever I'd have would be shared out between my parents according to intestate rules, I'd probably get food poisoning, I might get sick and I would get more tired until I actually died, at which point my parents would inherit my stuff.

Meanwhile, another question lots of people have been asking Google is: "What happens if a woman takes Viagra?"

You probably know about the little blue pill that makes a man more prepared in the trouser department, but it seems that a bunch of people want to know what happens if and when a woman takes Viagra.

Viagra has some other applications besides the obvious, but medical studies have failed to find evidence of it doing much for women. (Getty Stock Photo)

First things first, Viagra is actually a brand name and the drug we're really talking about is something called sildenafil.

Then again, we'll just refer to it as Viagra from here on out because that's what most people know it by.

Next up, as far as who can take, it is concerned that'd be men over the age of 18 seeking treatment for erectile dysfunction, while most adults and even children can for pulmonary hypertension which is high blood pressure in the vessels which supply your lungs.

Women can take Viagra for this purpose, but it's not going to do them many favours in the bedroom department and the possible side effects make it more of a risk than anything.

According to Lloyd's Pharmacy, some women think that taking Viagra could increase the flow of blood to their genitals and make sex more pleasurable, but a series of medical trials haven't produced significant evidence of this being the case.

It could mix with other medications and cause some problems. (Getty Stock Photo)

Taking Viagra doesn't make anyone more horny, randy or other words ending in 'y' which indicate heightened sexual arousal.

It's very much a mechanical aid for sex, getting more blood into a bloke's dangly bits so he can rise to the occasion, as it were.

In this regard, it doesn't really do much for women, but a lower blood pressure might be a problem if it's already low in your case.

Meanwhile, side effects include headaches which could put you right off your raunchy romp, and then there's the danger of them combining with other medicines you might be taking.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also not approved Viagra for women's use.

Putting this all together it sounds like Viagra falls down as something women would regularly take.

Topics: Health, Sex and Relationships

Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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