Saturday, July 14, 2012

Viagra Use and Safe Flying

Viagra

If you desire safety in flight, continuous use of Viagra is not a good choice. The use of Viagra for temporary relief from erectile dysfunction is well known. Its continuous use by pilots, without thought to flying, is subject to investigation.

One side effect is blue - green color discrimination. This inability to discern one phase of color blindness may cause danger in instrument flying weather conditions and night flying. With the advent of color displays in navigation and weather instruments presents problems for color vision deficient pilots from the use of Viagra.

Viagra can affect a pilot with unknown cardiac disease during sexual intercourse at 5,000 feet or more. If this happens in high altitude conditions on earth it would be grounds for flight disqualification medically. Mile High Club? What is the pressure altitude in an airline? What about passengers on Viagra that are visiting mountainous resorts?

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You take 50 mg doses of Viagra one hour prior to sexual activity. You can increase and take 100 mg of Viagra a short time later. This drug is rapidly absorbed within a time frame of one and a half hours. An early morning flight may cause distraction from the effects above. Full attention to the instrument scan could be compromised by the four and a half hour half life of Viagra. 

Older pilots that take Viagra have trouble with their liver metabolism of Viagra. The forty percent decline of Viagra means the active ingredient stays in effect longer than for a young pilot with erectile dysfunction. The exposure of the older pilot to danger is longer. The ability of the older pilot to react to unusual situations is further compromised by the use of Viagra.