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Not All Side Affects Are Bad

Viagra, its not just for erecitile dysfunction anymore. Researchers investigating Crohn's disease have uncovered evidence that it may be caused by an excess of bacteria allowed to flourish due to a sluggish immune system and they speculate that viagra could improve the blood flow to the intestine (I guess it isn't site specific) which would help clear the bacteria.

Coming on the heels of the discovery that rifaximin, an antibiotic used to treat diarrhea, also works for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, it would appear that intestinal bacteria are like women: can't live with them, can't live without them.