This week, the New York Daily News ran a series of articles “exposing” the use of Viagra (sildenafil) as a performance enhancing drugs in sports (”Source: Roger Clemens, host of athletes pop Viagra to help onfield performance,” June 10).

Roger Clemens, whose claims he never took steroids are under federal investigation, has apparently discovered the benefits of another performance-enhancing drug sweeping the sports world - Viagra.

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Clemens wasn’t alone. The pitcher, who is believed to have scored the drug from a teammate, joined the burgeoning number of athletes who have turned Vitamin V and its over-the-counter substitutes into one of the hottest drugs in locker rooms.

Of course, the performance enhancing benefits of Viagra have been discussed practically ever since Viagra was commercially introduced as a prescription pharmaceutical drug over a decade ago.

Patrick Arnold, of Ergopharm and yes, the innovative chemist who created THG for BALCO, wrote an article about Viagra as a phamaceutical ergogen for MESO-Rx about EIGHT YEARS AGO.

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