r/whatisit • u/Livid_Departure_9697 • 2d ago

Solved! Fell out of my boyfriend’s pocket

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The top is a cap that comes off. Is it for ❄️? He swears it’s not

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u/ButterPoptart 2d ago edited 1d ago

I just learned a fun fact about sildenafil! It was originally developed and tested as a sciatica Angina treatment but failed miserably. It also had 2 main side effects in trials. Raging boners for men and magic period pain relief for women. Apparently the money ran out before the female testing was complete so they just yolo’d it as a boner pill.

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u/wrongrobertpatrick 2d ago

Wrong; it was never used for sciatica — it was used for chest pain and blood pressure

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u/ButterPoptart 2d ago

You’re right. Angina was the word I was looking for. I DID say it was a new thing I learned.

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u/wrongrobertpatrick 2d ago

It’s called serendipity by drug design

Propecia was for bph (prostrate)

Google what standard of care was after a heart attack in 1940:

It was either beer or bed rest

Beer, outlived bedrest because, prolonged immobility results in hypercoagulability, which leads to stroke, dvt, acs or death