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Related: About this forumMan Chugs Erectile Dysfunction Drug, Ends Up With Permanently Red-Tinted Vision
One mans experience with a common erectile dysfunction drug turned out to be a lot more eye-opening than he expected. According to his doctors, he developed a seemingly permanent red tint to his color vision after taking a massive dose of sildenafil citrate.
Sildenafil is sold as a generic drug for erectile dysfunction as well as under the brand name Viagra. Despite being relatively safe, even a typically prescribed dose of sildenafil is known to sometimes cause people vision problems, such as blurred vision, increased light sensitivity, and a change in our color vision (usually blue-tinted vision). But these problems are seemingly temporary, usually lasting no more than a day.
The 31-year-old man, whose case was detailed in a report published this month in Retinal Cases, didnt turn out to be so lucky.
According to the report, the mans troubles began pretty soon after he took an unknown amount of liquid sildenafil he had purchased from the internet. He started seeing multicolored flashes of light, his eyes became more sensitive to light, and his vision took on a reddish tint. By the time he visited an urgent care clinic at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai two days later, the flashes had stopped. But despite receiving treatment, his red tint has remained in place for more than a year.
https://gizmodo.com/man-chugs-erectile-dysfunction-drug-ends-up-with-perma-1829471534/amp
rurallib
(63,395 posts)and settled in the wrong place.
I guess the excess of sex aid did give him a rosy outlook.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Another side effect is gangrene of the penis.
Kaleva
(38,869 posts)"Sildenafils other side effects when used too heavily can include heart attack and painfully long-lasting erections that, if untreated, could even cause your penis to develop gangrene and require amputation."
https://gizmodo.com/man-chugs-erectile-dysfunction-drug-ends-up-with-perma-1829471534/amp
yonder
(10,029 posts)kurtcagle
(2,365 posts)The red tint is actually likely due to destruction of the blue/yellow sensitive cones in the retina of the eye. Viagra works basically by increasing blood pressure significantly, including the penis/prostrate gland. If he was older, he could very have given himself a stroke. Darwin award candidate for sure.
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Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)nt
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)Initech
(103,325 posts)Just look at the permanent red tintness of his skin sometime - that is not human. That has to come from all the lead tainted products from the Infowars store he hawks.
Turbineguy
(38,692 posts)has his memories!