Study Sizes Up Viagra's Vision Problem

Viagra can cause vision disturbances at high doses, even without underlying health conditions. Learn about the study, the possible complications and how to use the drug safely from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Erectile Dysfunction (ED) Medication and Your Eyes and Vision

Learn how erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs can affect your eyes and vision, especially if you have certain health problems or eye diseases. Find out about possible side effects, such as blurry vision, NAION, and retinitis pigmentosa.

Study shows strong link between erectile dysfunction medications and ...

The study showed only the statistical association between eye conditions and use of Viagra, Cialis, Levitra or Stendra. It did not prove that the drugs cause these conditions. "The sheer number of prescriptions dispensed each month in the U.S.—about 20 million—means that a significant number of people could be impacted." Dr. Mahyar Etminan

There Have Been Inadequate Warnings That Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Can ...

Fifty reports of ischemic optic neuropathy (ION), usually resulting in irreversible unilateral blindness, in men using the erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra had been received by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by March 2005. But the FDA and the companies have downplayed the link between these drugs and ION, stating, correctly, that the disease also occurs in ...

Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Linked to Vision Loss - Everyday Health

Routine use of drugs like Viagra is associated with an increased risk of developing several types of eye problems that can lead to sudden vision loss and blindness, a new study suggests.

Should You Worry About Vision Loss from Viagra?

Pfizer (maker of Viagra) maintains that the condition is quite rare, occurring in 2.8 per 100,000 men using erectile dysfunction medication for a year (International Journal of Clinical Practice, April 2006). On the other hand, few studies last more than six months or collect long-term side effect information (Urology, Oct. 2009).

Viagra Can Cause Vision Problems in Some Men - Healthline

Experts have reported vision issues with Viagra use in the past. They say most of those problems happened in men who took a larger than recommended dose of the erectile dysfunction drug.

Erectile Dysfunction Meds Like Viagra, Cialis: 85% Increase In ... - Forbes

Regular use of ED medications such as sildenafil (e.g., Viagra), vardenafil (e.g., Levitra and Staxyn), tadalafil (Cialis), and avanafil (Stendra) was associated with increased risk of three ...

Ocular Side Effects of Sildenafil That Persist Beyond 24 h—A Case ...

Sildenafil (UK-92,480, a.k.a., Viagra ... the affected patients reported very intensely blue- colored vision with red-green color blindness (i.e., reds and greens appeared to be brownish hues). None of the 17 patents had a history of ocular pathology (including glaucoma) or any diagnosed systemic disease. ...

Health and Drug Alerts: Visual loss with erectile dysfunction ...

Reason for posting: Phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors, including sildenafil (Viagra), tadalafil (Cialis) and vardenafil (Levitra), are drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction that have long been recognized to cause temporary, minor visual changes in less than 10% of users. 1 However concerns were raised in 2005 after a small case series was published describing several sildenafil ...