The use of drugs that boost athletic capabilities make sense in the grueling environment of Navy SEAL training. Viagra, though, the brand name of a drug called sildenafil which is typically prescribed as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, seems on its face to be much more unusual.
The NYT reports that other Navy SEAL candidates had convinced Mullen that the drug was an effective treatment for SIPE, the acronym that sailors gave swimming-induced pulmonary edema. There is some evidence that the sailors were onto something; several groups of researchers have found that sildenafil might be an effective treatment against the condition.
NYT article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/us/navy-seal-training-death.html
Navy SEALs candidates go through brutal training, including a Hell Week. One Navy SEAL candidate died after completing training, and took drugs to survive.
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