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.
Boomers? I know Bob Dole and he's no Boomer.
Despite my better judgement to not say it, I will,,,
If it is making it harder to hear, you are aiming at the wrong hole.
Does that mean that those of us who are already deaf can use more???
‘snap, clap, snap, clap, snap, clap...’
Sheesh, this describes my ex wife.....(chuckle)
I have a couple ex’s like that myself!
I learned my lesson the first time.....ROTFL!
Would you speak up ~ I can hardly hear you. >:-}
What’s that you say?
So, would you rather be hard or hard of hearing?
“As long as he has his sight.........”
There is reason to be concerned about that too. Check out this link.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/06/27/eveningnews/main704562.shtml
See post #51.
Yeah - But now we'll all go BLIND!!! ;-P
Sounds dangerous. Stand back, stand back, stand back...
Ohhhh, you ARE bad!
It took me a bit, but now I get it...pokejoke...
Well to be honest I didn’t mean it that way. The snap clap thing did make me kind of leary about how the thing would operate... rather scarey.
[groan]
You got me thinking: what if the Good Lord decided to make all the men who wouldn’t be ‘good’ into women instead?
Now I have a bad opinion of myself AND I probably won’t respect me in the morning!
What you think about yourself tomorrow depends on what you do now. Sadly, I haven’t always listened to this sage advise and followed through.
I’m sure you can. Go for it. Don’t do as I do, do as I say... ;-)
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