By Helen Borel, R.N.,Ph.D.
Blog Readers, even in things medical, humorous things occur. Do any of you remember, as teenagers, being warned, "You can go deaf and blind" if you do or overdo "self-stimulation"?
Well, something similar has actually come to pass. With the marketing of drugs (e.g., Viagra, Cialis, Levitra...) for so-called "erectile dysfunction (ED)," otherwise vernacularly "inability to perform effectively" -- due to physiologic conditions, emotional concerns or age-related issues -- has come some side-effect concerns. First for eye health, because some men have experienced vision problems related to ED drug use.
Now, sadly, "sudden loss of hearing" has reportedly happened to nearly 30 men on either of those 3 drugs mentioned. AND additional hearing loss events occurred during pre-marketing
clinical tests of these agents.
In only a third of these cases, the unilateral hearing loss was temporary; while the outcome for the remainder is not known at this time.
Yes, for the affected men, losing your hearing and/or your eyesight is no laughing matter at all. However, the myths of childhood die hard indeed. What a strange confluence of events.
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