Aspiring Navy SEALs are using Viagra to self-medicate when they start coughing up blood during quali

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Aspiring Navy SEALs are using Viagra to self-medicate when they start coughing up blood during qualifying drills. They say it works — but at a price.

glandsverk@businessinsider.com (Gabby Landsverk) - Yesterday 1:11 PM
 
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 In February, a Navy SEAL recruit died after the intense portion of training known as Hell Week. He reportedly used illicit Viagra to offset a buildup of fluid in the lungs from strenuous swimming.

 Drug use among SEAL recruits has raised concerns about the risks of the notoriously tough program. The Navy SEALs' infamously difficult training course is so brutal, some recruits are turning to drugs to make it through, including off-label use of Viagra, reports the New York Times.

Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL, or BUD/S for short, is notorious for having one of the highest rates of failure in the US military, a grueling mental and physical ordeal that only the most resilient enrollees can withstand. Only 15-30% of recruits who start the program will complete it, Insider's Stavros Atlamazoglou previously reported.

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