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Post by Maxx on May 20, 2010 21:38:59 GMT -5
A new US study suggests men who take Pfizer's Viagra (sildenafil) or similar drugs for erectile dysfunction may double their chances of hearing impairment, bolstering a Food and Drug Administration warning from 2007 about this side effect. High doses of Viagra have been shown to damage hearing in mice, but until now only a few anecdotal cases had been described in humans. The study, based on a national sample of American men over 40, found that slightly more than one in six of those who did not take Viagra-like drugs — for instance, Eli Lilly's Cialis — were deaf or hard of hearing. Among those who took the drugs, however, almost one in three had hearing loss, Gerald McGwin, an epidemiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, told Reuters Health. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,593207,00.html
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Post by Maxx on May 20, 2010 21:39:30 GMT -5
Just to many jokes...
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