Oh, the Irony! [public Service announcement?]
Warning over Viagra and damage to sight
By Celia Hall, Medical Editor(Filed: 17/01/2006)
Men who take drugs for impotency such as Viagra or Cialis and who have previously had a heart attack may have a 10-fold increased risk of damaging their eyesight, an American study claims today.
It warns that increasing use of the drugs could produce an increase in a rare condition that can cause irreversible loss of vision.
By Celia Hall, Medical Editor(Filed: 17/01/2006)
Men who take drugs for impotency such as Viagra or Cialis and who have previously had a heart attack may have a 10-fold increased risk of damaging their eyesight, an American study claims today.
It warns that increasing use of the drugs could produce an increase in a rare condition that can cause irreversible loss of vision.
posted by Velvet at 4:44 PM
1 Comments:
The reason I found this ironic was twofold:
1- Men are generally visual, hence loss of vision would generally undo the effect of the drug.
2- An "old (catholic) wives tale" used to say that certain sexual sins caused blindness. ;)
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