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Blindness a Viagra side effect?

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Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 2 Oct 2014, 6:44am
There are health concerns about the pill Viagra (stock.xchng)
There are health concerns about the pill Viagra (stock.xchng)

Blindness a Viagra side effect?

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 2 Oct 2014, 6:44am

There are health concerns about the pill Viagra.

Australian researchers say the anti-impotence medication could cause blindness in men with eye problems, and even those with seemingly normal vision.

The new study's found an ingredient in Viagra may permanently affect the vision of men with an inherited eye condition.

It could also affect those with normal sight who carry one gene which is linked with developing eye problems.

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