Viagra linked to blindness risk!

[FalconSmitty]

so when we are young we hear about something that will cause blindness... Now the old dudes have to deal with the blindness scare...At this rate no male in america will be able to see if his woman is good looking or not.

Choice 1= blindness
choice 2= no sex

which would you choose?
I'll take #1. At my age I get more excited over SEEING a cork slide and go under. lol
blindness

Story from BBC NEWS:

Viagra linked to blindness risk

Anti-impotence drug Viagra increases the risk of blindness, doctors believe.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School in the US identified seven men who developed vision problems after taking Viagra.

The team, writing in the Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology,said it brought the total number of reported cases to 14.

But Pfizer, the makers of the drug which has been used by more than 20m men since its launch in 1998, said the cases were a coincidence.

The seven men, aged between 50 and 69 years old, had all suffered from a swelling of the optic nerve within 36 hours of taking Viagra for erectile dysfunction.


Pfizer takes these reports very seriously, as we do anything concerning the safety of patients
Pfizer spokeswoman

Six experienced vision loss within 24 hours, although only one had problems with both eyes.

The condition, known as nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), causes a rapid reduction of vision and can, in the most serious cases, lead to blindness.

Report co-author Dr Howard Pomeranz said the drug had long been linked to sight problems.

"For years, we have known some men who take Viagra will experience temporary colour changes in their vision and see things as blue or green.

"NAION is a much more serious condition because it can lead to permanent vision loss."

But a Pfizer spokeswoman said: "Pfizer takes these reports very seriously, as we do anything concerning the safety of patients.

"However, there have been no reports of NAION in the 103 controlled clinical trials of Viagra."

She said she believed the cases were just a coincidence, but said the company would continue monitoring reports.

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[fishpro67]

I've always heard it said, "if you don't kep your hands of of your pecker ,you'll go blind. This is another way of keeping me unhappy even in my old age too, I guess.

FP67

[whizkids]

I've always heard it said, "if you don't kep your hands of of your pecker ,you'll go blind. This is another way of keeping me unhappy even in my old age too, I guess.

FP67

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Could be a blessing, based on some of the old gals I've seen.

[fishingpox]

Thats an old wives tail , pro, I still got me sight.

I've always heard it said, "if you don't kep your hands of of your pecker ,you'll go blind. This is another way of keeping me unhappy even in my old age too, I guess.

FP67

[crappieken]

My wife ask me if I read the article on Viagra causing blindness. My reply to her was the same as the one I gave my mom fifty years ago - "I'll stop when I start needing glasses."

[crap-king]

if it causes you to go blind I will just do it till I need glasses

[1weezer]

What are all you talking about? I can't see the screen.

[FalconSmitty]

That is the main reason for those super sensitive crappie poles. After a while those corks are hard to see.

[kygorski]

W hts t his about vitaminviagra ?

[SkyChimp]

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Could be a blessing, based on some of the old gals I've seen.

Three six packs and four shots of Wild Turkey, and she'd be looking pretty hot.