Seen that? - Do erectile dysfunction drugs cause blindness?

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Do erectile dysfunction drugs cause blindness? at Straightfromthedoc

We can't know for sure. The FDA recently asked for a label change in the erectile dysfunction medications: A small number of men have lost eyesight in one eye some time after taking Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra. This type of vision loss is called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). NAION causes a sudden loss of eyesight because blood flow is blocked to the optic nerve . . . We do [...] Read More


Erectile Dysfunction Drugs May be Better than Nitroglycerin in Protecting Heart at Straightfromthedoc

The heart is deprived of oxygen during a heart attack, which can result to significant damage to heart muscle and tissue. Most patients would require treatment after a heart attack to repair the damage and improve their chances of survival. Except for early repurfusion, no available therapy is truly effective in protecting or protecting heart muscle and tissue damage in the clinical setting. Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University have [...] Read More


ED Pills Don't Solve All Erectile Problems at Straightfromthedoc

The oral medications known as PDE5 inhibitors - like Viagra® and the likes - may restore a man's sexual function but don't necessarily restore a man's sexual health. According to Dr. Hayley Matic of Deakin University's School of Psychology: "As well as the obvious physiological aspects, men with erectile dysfunction (ED) suffer a range of problems such as significantly poorer self esteem, sense of masculinity, sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction. This study found [...] Read More


Gene Therapy for Erectile Dysfunction at The Biotech Weblog

The first human trial on gene therapy to treat erectile dysfunction has demonstrated its efficacy, and shows that it may be a viable alternative to oral medications such as Viagra and Cialis. Dr. Melman and two study centers worked with 11 men and administered various doses of a transfer gene called hMaxi-K. "While this phase 1 safety trial was not designed to provide efficacy answers, one patient in each of [...] Read More


Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Effective and Safe for Diabetics at The Biotech Weblog

Browsing through today's latest science news, I've encountered a number of articles on men's sexual health. From the Seattle Times reports of more than $200 million increase in the annual sales of Cialis, the No.2 impotence drug, from 2005 to 2006. Cialis now has about a 27 percent market share in the U.S., trailing only Pfizer's Viagra among impotence drugs, according to market research firm IMS Health. In the next few years, [...] Read More