Technical Diving

Technical Dive Books; Expand your knowledge about cave diving, sidemount techniques or even underwater video in unique environments.

Technically Speaking: Talks on Technical Diving Volume 1
$16.95
Technically Speaking: Talks on Technical Diving Volume 2
$16.95
Into the Planet - My Life as a Cave Diver - Paperback
$17.99
The Essentials of Cave Diving - Fourth Edition
$29.99
Side Mount Profiles
$49.95
Sidemount Diving - The Almost Comprehensive Guide, 2nd Edition
$69.95
IANTD Exploration and Mixed Gas Diving Encyclopedia; The Tao of Survival Underwater
$99.00

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Diving and Blue Pills

An article titled "Sidenafil pre-treatment promotes decompression sickness in rats" published by the National Institutes of Health concluded that a class of drugs known as phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors used to treat erectile dysfunction promotes the onset and severity of neurological decompression sickness in rats. A medical team at Duke University (the home of Divers Alert Network) has also studied PDE-5 inhibitors in rats and reached similar conclusions about increasing susceptibility to oxygen toxicity seizures. However, there is also some evidence of benefit to use as prophylaxis for a condition known as swimming induced pulmonary edema. Our conclusion is that rats should not dive after taking Viagra^®, and that technical divers should be especially cautious regarding pharma enhanced bedroom activities the night before any extended range diving. We are not joking and this isn't fake news.