Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
And not just if you use it alone.
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Viagra May Cause Vision Loss Reuters Mar 30, 2005 — By Anthony J. Brown, MD
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study, US researchers describe seven patients who developed nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), an eye problem that can result in permanent vision loss, after taking Viagra (sildenafil) for erection difficulties. Combined with past reports, this study brings the total number of sildenafil-related NAION cases to 14.
"For years, we've known that some men who take Viagra will experience temporary color changes in their vision and see things as blue or green," study co-author Dr. Howard D. Pomeranz, from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, said in a statement. "NAION is a much more serious condition because it can lead to permanent vision loss."
With the exception of one patient whose symptoms began 24 to 36 hours after using Viagra, the patients developed symptoms within 24 hours of use. In all patients, the initial symptoms were blurred vision and some degree of vision loss. In one patient, both eyes were affected, whereas in the remainder, just one was involved.
All of the patients had one or more heart disease risk factors. High blood pressure was invariably present and most men also had high cholesterol levels. Three patients had preexisting eye problems that may have increased their risk of NAION.
The final vision in the patients' affected eye(s) ranged from perfect vision to only light perception, the investigators note in the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology.
Pomeranz told Reuters Health that Viagra's association with NAION appears to involve all drugs of this type, as reports have surfaced implicating Cialis (tadalafil) use as well. Although these cases may just represent the "tip of the iceberg," he said that the risk of NAION with these drugs is probably still very, very small.
"At this point, there are not enough data to support performing an ophthalmologic exam on every patient being considered for" Viagra treatment, Pomeranz noted. Still, he said that doctors prescribing the drug should be aware of the association with NAION and consider an exam for patients with several heart disease risk factors.
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
Isn't this one of those old fashioned "deterrents" for masturbation:
"Don't play with your thingy...you'll go blind!"
_________________ cirlces they grow and they swallow people whole half their lives they say goodnight to wives they'll never know got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul and so it goes
Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:24 pm Posts: 2675 Location: in a self-made shell
Priorities, man.
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Silky The Pimp wrote:
I wish I still had the kind of time to spend on doing something THAT pointless. If you look at the time stamps at the right, they spent over an hour doing nothing but replying to each others' posts.
Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:24 pm Posts: 2675 Location: in a self-made shell
Jim wrote:
i can't see what you typed
I was about to write that, but then I was too lazy. I trusted in you to have my thoughts set in action.
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Silky The Pimp wrote:
I wish I still had the kind of time to spend on doing something THAT pointless. If you look at the time stamps at the right, they spent over an hour doing nothing but replying to each others' posts.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
C4Lukin wrote:
Am I the only one waiting for them to create the drug to make me less horny? Or have they already created it?
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
Am I the only one waiting for them to create the drug to make me less horny? Or have they already created it?
try any major antidepressant (except effexor and wellbutrin, those may cause an increase in sex drive)...almost all of them cause a decrese in sex drive...but I tend to think that is not what you want...
_________________ cirlces they grow and they swallow people whole half their lives they say goodnight to wives they'll never know got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul and so it goes
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
I'm making those this weekend and I'm putting chili on top!
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
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