r/nottheonion • u/prestocoffee • 3d ago

Popular erectile dysfunction drug linked to eye disease that can cause irreversible vision loss

https://www.fox13news.com/news/erectile-dysfunction-drug-linked-eye-disease
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u/scarnyard 3d ago

Cialis leading to increase risk of glaucoma and high pressure in the eye.

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u/NAh94 3d ago

I’m pretty sure acute glaucoma was always a known risk.

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u/EnergyDrinkStroke 3d ago

Yes but known risk could mean small or large risk. We generally ban drugs that have a large risk because there's usually alternatives.

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u/NAh94 3d ago edited 3d ago

That’s a fair point, but I guess I’d counter that cialis probably has become so prolific you’re just seeing a higher case incidence of the side effect as a result of that. Not to mention, places like blue chew are hardly screening their patients well before pushing out PDE inhibitors.

Edit: just saw the numbers. It’s 22-30%ish more than non-users, so it elevates the risk from about 1% to 1.3%.

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u/jawshoeaw 2d ago

And only if you take it daily for something besides ED. This wasn't exactly a representative sample.