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Viagra is now being used to treat a life-threatening lung condition in infants, but who can stop grandpop from stealthily stealing into the medicine cabinet in the middle of the night?

The drug, produced by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, has already been used to treat a small number of children with pulmonary hypertension in India, the United States, Canada and Britain with promising results.

“Critics have expressed serious concern at the fact that no clinical trials have taken place for this use of the drug and at the wide variation in doses used,” New Scientist magazine said in its online version.

Although the drug is approved for the treatment of impotence, doctors have found that it helps babies suffering from PHT, which affects 28,000 children and 250,000 adults in the United States alone.

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