[mpenick]

Saunas, hot baths, and excercise improve blood flow.

[larsrc]

Cognitive Long COVID sufferer here. All the of those help indeed, but why not this, too? With a shot.

[demondemidi]

This is America: we demand a low-effort, overpriced solution, preferably in pill form.

[Frost1x]

It’s more of a testament to a potential beneficial side effect of an already widely used drug for something entirely different.

I (in America) actually exercise 5-6 days a week with regular sauna use afterwards averaging about 2-2.5 hours per total session (20 minutes from sauna). I coincidentally even happen to take long hot baths frequently (3-4 times a week for an hour) as a form of stress relief, relaxation, and it further helps with muscle recovery.

Absolutely none of that helps me to a notable degree with what the specific pill in question does which I also use regularly. In addition, viagra adds an additional say 4 hours per day per pill to my normal weekly routine of increased blood flow that may help reduce risk of dementia when I’m older. That’s a big win in my book if it’s true as it’s something I already do and is additive.

[Dylan16807]

Saunas and hot baths are low-effort too, but they get pretty expensive time-wise.

And these pills are pretty cheap.

[senordevnyc]

Not everyone on HN is from the US, and the study in question is from the UK...

[houseplant]

think about the main consumer base for viagra, and then think about who makes the majority of economic/financial decisions in this country.