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If Viagra increases blood flow to the brain, would stenosis or other obstruction make it more difficult for
the blood to return to the heart? Does it open all vessels?

Have you started your 2 week trial yet?

If so any encouraging results?

Cheers Si

I tried Cialis, 4 consecutive days. It did help. I was stronger. And that internal vibration was much much less.

I have tried Cialis - 20mg pill (for what it supposed to be made) and what I noticed was an horrible headache for 2 days... I did not even wake up the first morning. I can't confirm/infirm the energy increase.

I would think that, for CCSVI, it would make sense to try the low-dose version of Cialis that's meant to be taken daily. It's 2.5 mg or 5 mg instead of 20 mg.

Mine was 20mg/tablet. Well tolerated. Noticed heart rate increase with the first tablet but with the others it did not happen.

That was my experience also, hence my earlier comment about headaches. But, this occurred with the 3-day pill (I don't remember the dose), so I'm willing to give the 2.5mg daily dose a try. I've scheduled an appointment to meet with a urologist next Monday to get a script for this.

I already inject prostaglandin to treat ED, and so the cialis may provide an added benefit apart from promoting improved cerebral bloodflow (that is, potentially the need for fewer injections). I currently take 10mg vinpocetine twice daily, a PDE type-1 inhibitor. Cialis is a PDE type-5 inhibitor, with supposed similar improved cerebral bloodflow characteristics.

--Tracy

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CCSVI Procedure 9/16/2009 at Stanford
Stent in left and right IJVs
SPMS
Copaxone and Ampyra user

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 5708003420

MS may be similar to recurrent small ischemia attacks, and Cialis might be protective in that regard.
This was research in gerbils.

another one:
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10 ... 010.492061

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851459/

So for the full dose, it might be taken every 2 - 3 days and you'd get the benefits of having it in your system.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16835313

There has been research on the use of sildenafil for patients with Raynaud's phenomenon, which is sometimes secondary to MS, so something to consider for anyone who has Raynaud's as well.