Is Viagra Making You Deaf?

As if Viagra users didn’t have enough to worry about—now they’re being told that the impotence drug could be causing sudden hearing loss. In the UK, official healthcare watchdogs are looking into it, after receiving numerous complaints.

It appears it’s not just Viagra which has caused this sudden deafness, and left doctors baffled as to how it’s happened. Two similar drugs, Cialis and Levitra, have also been fingered by users worldwide. Doctors While the sample base of complaints is small—just 47 globally, after 223 were discounted because of lack of detail—it might be worth having a chat with your doctor if you’re taking one of these drugs. [The Laryngoscope via The Telegraph]

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(3 Comments)
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    Matt

    Friday, May 20, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    Just wear ear-plugs during sex…. :D

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    stevothegoddamneddevo

    Friday, May 20, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    WHAT????

    I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!!!

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    Oglo Thapp

    Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 2:55 AM

    It’d be really useful if people could adress this topic in some forum without making stupid jokes and nudge-nudge sexual innuendos: it’s a serious medical subject. I noticed V was causing hearing loss and tinnitus eight years ago, and stopped using it – years before anyone started putting such warnings on their package inserts. For years everyone thought I was making it up.

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