Federal health officials are examining rare reports of blindness among some men using the impotence drug Viagra, according to
press reports. The Food and Drug Administration still is investigating, but has no evidence yet that the drug is to blame, said spokeswoman Susan Cruzan.
The drug's label warns of erections lasting longer than four hours, painful erections lasting longer than six hours, headache, flushed skin and vision problems. It remains to be seen if the FDA will bow to pressure from
some pharmacists, who refuse to dispense birth control pills to women, and insist on a label warning men that Viagra is only to be used for procreation and not for
masturbation, which is believed to cause blindness.
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abnu on Friday, May 27, 2005 @ 10:49 AM
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