Viagra can do a lot more than just add vigor to a man’s fading sex life. The impotence drug in adjunction with doxorubicin, a powerful anti-cancer drug, can effectively treat prostate cancer, findings of a new study show.
According to the findings of the trial conducted by the researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and VCU Massey Cancer Center, the combination of the two drugs, Viagra and doxorubicin, reduced the size of prostate tumors and also lessened the damage to the heart.
Doxorubicin – The chemotherapy drug
Doxorubicin, a potent anti-cancer drug has been long used to treat a number of human cancers, including that of the prostate.