Viagra could double risk of hearing loss (Reuters)

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.

Even after accounting for other factors linked to hearing loss, hard-of-hearing men still had twice the odds of taking Viagra, said McGwin, whose findings appear in the journal Archives of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery.
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I could have sworn I read about this on DU already -- even posted a response -- but can't find it by searching. :(

ETA: Couldn't help but notice Limpbrain has a history with both Oxycontin and Viagra, both of which are linked to hearing loss. Could there be a connection? Or did he take it literally when someone told him to "stick it in his ear"?

Get to have sex with the wife, then not listen to her later.

but you're so damned good at it!

:rofl:

Yes it is around somewhere or other.

I can't hear you over the sound of my raging erection!

TlalocW

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

OR alternatively..The same thing that causes loss of hearing also causes loss of hardening.

if they did the bilateral nerve sparing procedure and the patient is trying to recover their sexuality. Active or passive use of Viagra every other day is encouraged to help recovery. It's a shame that a prostate cancer survivor has to factor in deafness when trying to recover their sexuality. Keep in mind, some of these patients are relatively young -- early fifties or younger.

I'm going to use that joke until it gets funny, dammit!