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.
It makes you Hard of hearing?
WHAT DID YOU SAAAAAAAAAAY?.... :)... louder please!
What did you say?
This dude says: “It hasn’t affected my hearing (knock on wood.)”
My aging father has lost hearing in one ear. Hmmm.......
As long as he has his sight.........
Wouldn’t high blood pressure contribute?
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
According to the article Viagra contains the same ingredient as Revatio, which is used to treat high blood pressure.
Yes; for some reason they can’t hear their spouse yell *Get off me!*
Just speak into the microphone.
Mark
Eh?
Figured he had Tourette's.
Now don’t laugh, but...
I believe that Viagra and other ED drugs make
our men vulnerable. So many (even young men)
use ED drugs that it would be a logical mule
to place something toxic - crippling our men
or worse - making the male population passive
and effemenate. We could easily be invaded
and over run by our enemies. Wait...... that’s
already happened. Too late. Nevermind.
****************
It has happened before...
Genesis 34:24-25 describes how Simeon and
Levi killed all the men in a city after tricking
them into having them all circumcised. While
the men were unable to fight properly, they
were slaughtered in retaliation, because the
prince of that city had raped Dinah, the sister
of Simeon and Levi.
Yes. My tinfoil hat is firmly in place.
What did you say?
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