How Viagra Works
by Marshall Brain
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Brain, Marshall. «How Viagra Works.» 08 November 2004. HowStuffWorks.com.
Inside this Article
1. Introduction to How Viagra Works
2. The Male Anatomy
3. Early Treatments for ED
4. Understanding Blood Flow
5. Treating ED With Viagra
6. Side Effects of Viagra
7. See more »
7. Lots More Information
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Viagra is one of the best-known drugs of all time:
* Billions of spam e-mail messages advertise Viagra every day. There is so much Viagra spam, in fact, that Pfizer (the maker of Viagra) has a page addressing the problem, called Avoid Fake Viagra.
* Pfizer has spent untold millions of dollars advertising Viagra, so you see advertisements for the drug constantly on TV.
* Pfizer claims on its Web site that nine Viagra pills are dispensed every second — nearly 300 million tablets per year.
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The name recognition of Viagra is so good that nearly every adult in America has heard of the drug and can tell you what it does.
What Viagra does is simple: When it works as intended, Viagra causes a man who is sexually stimulated to get an erection.
How does Viagra do that? And why does Viagra work only if the man is sexually stimulated? For that matter, what causes an erection in the first place? In this article, we’ll answer all of those questions and more.
This is actually a fascinating story — it involves the technology of the human body and the techniques that scientists use to control different parts of the body with drugs. And in the case of Viagra, the story starts with the technology of the penis.




