Posted on 10/19/2007 7:46:36 AM PDT by Cagey
29 Cases Reported By Users Of ED And Hypertension Drugs Such As Cialis, Levitra And Revatio
(WebMD) Viagra and other impotence drugs are about to bear new warnings that users may experience sudden hearing loss.
It's not clear that the drugs truly trigger hearing loss, but the Food and Drug Administration decided Thursday to add a warning about the possible risk after counting 29 reports of the problem since 1996 among users of this family of medicines.
The impotence drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra will bear the warnings. So will Revatio, a drug for pulmonary hypertension, which contains the same ingredient as Viagra.
Viagra's label already mentioned hearing loss as a possibility, because a few cases were reported during initial testing of that drug. But given that hearing loss is a risk of advancing age and certain conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, that can lead to impotence, it wasn't clear if the link was real.
That still isn't clear, said FDA ear nose and throat specialist Dr. Robert Boucher.
But in poring over FDA's database of possible drug reactions, what struck him was these 29 reports said the hearing loss occurred without hours to two days of taking one of the drugs.
We don't know enough to say that it's ironclad caused by the drugs, but we see enough to say we can't ignore it either, he said.
The reports involve hearing loss in one ear, which in a third of cases was temporary.
FDA urged patients who experience any hearing problems - loss or ringing in the ears - to promptly call their doctors and stop taking the impotence drugs.
I always say, and do believe, there’s nothing finer on the planet than a gentleman. And there are so many here on FR!
The FReepers who were at the shoot we hosted were very good to me. They loved it when I was able to get over my fear of guns and actually not only shoot but hit the targets. Just an observation about FReepers, in general.
Ouch. That hurt!
Huh? Can’t hear you!
HA!!
*Your* garage stereo, huh.
The salient point has to be the garage, *Talos* by any other name. {~or is that Taliban :o) }
Have a fabulous weekend, bucko.
Two glorious days for WI sport-scar guys to rolllllll, babyyyy!!
Add the great weather to the fact the slackers have a by, Badgers playing their *equal* (akin to Pilgrim Park Jr. HS) so neither can break our hearts.
Life is good. ;^)
K [just] brought home *2* gorgeous Porterhouses, and my Weber?
...it's ready & raring' to go. :^)
How odd. One of my girlfriends had the same complaint...;-D
“She said no? I certainly didn’t hear her if she did”
The Viagra made me do it.
ROTFL...
Obviously your girlfriend, like myself, is a fan.
..of Rodney Dangerfield. ;^)
Hahahahaha!
Kenny Bania: “Why do they call them Q-Tips? They’re not shaped like a “Q”. They’re more like an “I”. That’s gold, Jerry! Gold!
thanks, bfl
Well that’s a two way street you know.
I’m glad you were able to participate at the shoot and come out of it having learned something. Excellent.
The article had a few errors. That was one of them, IIRC. Hypertension is the medical name for what is usually called high blood pressure. Revatio is used to treat pulmonary hypertension, i.e. in the lungs, a different malady, and more lethal, IIRC. It was in the news when the FDA warned about the diet drug combo Fen-Phen.
What gets me about ED drugs is the warning that after 4 hours they hint that you have a urologic emergency.
lol!!!!
He was frisked in a customs scam and had Viagra without a prescription or some other BS. But he did lose his hearing. Kinda weird.
Yes this does happen but it only lasts 20 to 30 minutes—till the womans thighs relax and release my head—DUH!!!
Well, actually, there are too many other things to do, other than over-emphasizing certain things and activities in life. I mean, it’s just an over-emphasis on this one aspect of life, which throws a lot of other things out of balance. I’m sure that’s not what God had in mind. It doesn’t take that long to repopulate the earth anyway...
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