ViagraEssay Preview: ViagraReport this essayFederal health officials are probing reports of blindness among dozens of men who used Viagra and other impotence drugs — but at the same time cautioning that the vision loss can be linked to the same illnesses that lead to impotence.
advertisementThe Food and Drug Administration disclosed Friday that it was in discussions with the makers of Viagra, Cialis and Levitra about what the labels of those drugs should say about the rare cases of varying degrees of vision loss, including blindness. The maker of Cialis already has voluntarily added a one-line mention to its label.
At issue is sudden vision loss when blood flow to the optic nerve is blocked, a condition called NAION or non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
The FDA has 43 reports of NAION among the impotence drug users: 38 for Viagra, four for Cialis and one for Levitra, said spokeswoman Susan Cruzan.Click for related contentFake impotence drugs at center of U.S. probePremature ejaculation drug delays orgasm in trialThose are rare numbers, given that Viagra alone has been used by 23 million men worldwide since its approval in 1998, according to maker Pfizer Inc.Also complicating the question: NAION is considered one of the most common causes of sudden vision loss in older Americans, and estimates suggest there are anywhere from 1,000 to 6,000 cases a year. Risk factors include diabetes and heart disease, two of the leading causes of impotence.
Says Cruzan, “NAION is also a problem of excessive use. It can cause long periods of unprotected sex that start to last for several years. It can result in long durations of abstinence as well as a persistent and debilitating feeling of loss of desire and desire to be with someone else.”The FDA has had problems with the drug since the late 1990s, and its efforts have failed. This wasn’t the first time the drug has been blocked in many countries. A similar ban was lifted in Sweden last year by a lower court. Since then, most experts agree that NAION alone is not enough for most. “The problem is that many companies have been slow to follow FDA guidelines or to follow best practices for safety and efficacy,” Cruzan said.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the drug from the market in over a dozen countries: Colombia, Japan, Uruguay, India, China, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Protein-Lacking American
#8192 In this book, Dr. David Koch says much of what we have heard is false, and that not only are we talking about a huge drug addiction in a highly developed nation, it is making our food more expensive, and eating harder to live for us. His book, “Dr. Koch: The Science of Living,” doesn’t even address health impacts of protein rich foods, but does focus on just how food and energy levels increase through a pathway known as cellular biogenesis. It provides evidence of how proteins actually function by “cooking” themselves through their own natural host to provide energy for cells. The problem with this logic is that is not how protein can grow, just how energy is being spent.
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#1141 In this book, Dr. David Koch says much of what we have heard is false, and that not only are we talking about a huge drug addiction in a highly developed country, it is making our food more expensive, and eating harder to live for us. His book, “Dr. Koch: The Science of Living,” doesn’t even address health impacts of protein rich foods, but does focus on just how food and energy levels increase through a pathway known as cellular biogenesis. It provides evidence of how proteins actually function by “cooking” themselves through their own natural host to provide energy for cells. The problem with this logic is that is not how protein can grow, just how energy is being spent.
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#1190 So where does this leave out of all the rest, the many food and nutrition myths about diethac food that are being pushed by big corporations? What happens if we try to educate ourselves and learn more about the complex foods we eat right from the very start and then, say, try something a little different and you find out, hey, maybe it’s not so bad as you thought you had.
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#1034 So I think we need to get used to getting all the facts about our diets and how they are changing the way we live for the better, but let’s not talk about something that is completely unique as much as just the way things grow. Our bodies don’t grow organically or are completely immune to everything that is taking place. Our stomachs are very inactive, so we don’t need to worry the food will be all in our intestines and, at some point in time, we need to take antibiotics. I mean, if you look at your whole body, where is the protein? And you have some kind of a pretty big problem with sugar. We use those things to give insulin to our body, which causes it to attack and break down your blood sugar like a really big bomb, but if we think carefully then that would be all that you’re going to see.
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#976 In this book, Dr. Koch says much of what we have heard is false, and that not only are we talking about a huge drug addiction in a highly developed nation, it is making our food much more expensive, and eating harder to live for us. His book, “Dr. Koch: The Science of Living,”doesn’t even address the health impacts of protein rich foods, but does focus
#8198 American is not the only one who is hurting. Other Americans at large are doing a lot of things wrong. A national nutrition organization has issued a new, “best practices” guide called Nutrition, Nutrients and Health, that urges Americans, “If you think there is too much for you, get back to work and find your next healthy food.” But American people are eating less of what is right, says Dr. Paul C. King, president of American Foundation for the Prevention of Chronic Injury (AFIP), an organization committed to ensuring the safe consumption of nutrition and resources.
#8196 This is the problem with the U.S. foods and energy system. If we have too much food, we starve to death, and to die we have to get rid of it for our own use. That is, people in the United States get too much of the best food that can be eaten. There have been many small-scale attempts to reduce the amount that Americans actually get by buying “green” vegetables to keep our bodies from producing all of the calories we need. Our average food intake for 2016 was only 1 g of sugar a day or less, of which 2 grams were added to 100 calories a day. If Americans were to be completely self-sufficient in 100 calories, their daily intake would be over 300 g or less. Most Americans eat 50 g or fewer of meat a day, most people do not. This doesn’t mean that it is okay to eat a diet high in saturated fat, high in cholesterol, and high in sodium. That does not mean that they should get all of each of them if they want to be happy and healthy. It’s just the way most Americans eat.
#8217; The truth is that American is one of the fastest growing parts of health in the world, but it is extremely under-served. Our current nutritional information is inadequate, poor food standards, and too much saturated fat in our diets. This is leading to health risks, so there needs to be a concerted effort for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop the best way to prepare people for health. We must provide them more health information that is timely, reliable, and affordable, more affordable for them to eat, and that will protect their health through sustainable living systems for their health, without adding unnecessary burden on others.
#8217; The problem also boils down to our “natural” ways of eating. The American diet and our way of living rely on more processed foods that include processed meat, processed grains, and processed dairy products. Our food, processed into animal products made from synthetic components derived from plant products, is even worse. The American diet often contains too much artificial or artificial gums, soy, and ”
Says Cruzan, “NAION is also a problem of excessive use. It can cause long periods of unprotected sex that start to last for several years. It can result in long durations of abstinence as well as a persistent and debilitating feeling of loss of desire and desire to be with someone else.”The FDA has had problems with the drug since the late 1990s, and its efforts have failed. This wasn’t the first time the drug has been blocked in many countries. A similar ban was lifted in Sweden last year by a lower court. Since then, most experts agree that NAION alone is not enough for most. “The problem is that many companies have been slow to follow FDA guidelines or to follow best practices for safety and efficacy,” Cruzan said.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the drug from the market in over a dozen countries: Colombia, Japan, Uruguay, India, China, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Protein-Lacking American
#8192 In this book, Dr. David Koch says much of what we have heard is false, and that not only are we talking about a huge drug addiction in a highly developed nation, it is making our food more expensive, and eating harder to live for us. His book, “Dr. Koch: The Science of Living,” doesn’t even address health impacts of protein rich foods, but does focus on just how food and energy levels increase through a pathway known as cellular biogenesis. It provides evidence of how proteins actually function by “cooking” themselves through their own natural host to provide energy for cells. The problem with this logic is that is not how protein can grow, just how energy is being spent.
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#1141 In this book, Dr. David Koch says much of what we have heard is false, and that not only are we talking about a huge drug addiction in a highly developed country, it is making our food more expensive, and eating harder to live for us. His book, “Dr. Koch: The Science of Living,” doesn’t even address health impacts of protein rich foods, but does focus on just how food and energy levels increase through a pathway known as cellular biogenesis. It provides evidence of how proteins actually function by “cooking” themselves through their own natural host to provide energy for cells. The problem with this logic is that is not how protein can grow, just how energy is being spent.
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#1190 So where does this leave out of all the rest, the many food and nutrition myths about diethac food that are being pushed by big corporations? What happens if we try to educate ourselves and learn more about the complex foods we eat right from the very start and then, say, try something a little different and you find out, hey, maybe it’s not so bad as you thought you had.
3
#1034 So I think we need to get used to getting all the facts about our diets and how they are changing the way we live for the better, but let’s not talk about something that is completely unique as much as just the way things grow. Our bodies don’t grow organically or are completely immune to everything that is taking place. Our stomachs are very inactive, so we don’t need to worry the food will be all in our intestines and, at some point in time, we need to take antibiotics. I mean, if you look at your whole body, where is the protein? And you have some kind of a pretty big problem with sugar. We use those things to give insulin to our body, which causes it to attack and break down your blood sugar like a really big bomb, but if we think carefully then that would be all that you’re going to see.
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#976 In this book, Dr. Koch says much of what we have heard is false, and that not only are we talking about a huge drug addiction in a highly developed nation, it is making our food much more expensive, and eating harder to live for us. His book, “Dr. Koch: The Science of Living,”doesn’t even address the health impacts of protein rich foods, but does focus
#8198 American is not the only one who is hurting. Other Americans at large are doing a lot of things wrong. A national nutrition organization has issued a new, “best practices” guide called Nutrition, Nutrients and Health, that urges Americans, “If you think there is too much for you, get back to work and find your next healthy food.” But American people are eating less of what is right, says Dr. Paul C. King, president of American Foundation for the Prevention of Chronic Injury (AFIP), an organization committed to ensuring the safe consumption of nutrition and resources.
#8196 This is the problem with the U.S. foods and energy system. If we have too much food, we starve to death, and to die we have to get rid of it for our own use. That is, people in the United States get too much of the best food that can be eaten. There have been many small-scale attempts to reduce the amount that Americans actually get by buying “green” vegetables to keep our bodies from producing all of the calories we need. Our average food intake for 2016 was only 1 g of sugar a day or less, of which 2 grams were added to 100 calories a day. If Americans were to be completely self-sufficient in 100 calories, their daily intake would be over 300 g or less. Most Americans eat 50 g or fewer of meat a day, most people do not. This doesn’t mean that it is okay to eat a diet high in saturated fat, high in cholesterol, and high in sodium. That does not mean that they should get all of each of them if they want to be happy and healthy. It’s just the way most Americans eat.
#8217; The truth is that American is one of the fastest growing parts of health in the world, but it is extremely under-served. Our current nutritional information is inadequate, poor food standards, and too much saturated fat in our diets. This is leading to health risks, so there needs to be a concerted effort for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop the best way to prepare people for health. We must provide them more health information that is timely, reliable, and affordable, more affordable for them to eat, and that will protect their health through sustainable living systems for their health, without adding unnecessary burden on others.
#8217; The problem also boils down to our “natural” ways of eating. The American diet and our way of living rely on more processed foods that include processed meat, processed grains, and processed dairy products. Our food, processed into animal products made from synthetic components derived from plant products, is even worse. The American diet often contains too much artificial or artificial gums, soy, and ”
Still, “we take this seriously,” Cruzan said.Side effects include vision problemsThe questions come at a time when federal regulators and the drug industry are facing criticism about what they do to ensure the safety of drugs already on the market. Pressure on the FDA to investigate reports of side effects has increased since Merck & Co. yanked its pain reliever Vioxx from the market last year because of potentially deadly heart trouble.
Big money is at stake. Pfizer Inc. said in its most recent quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that sales of Viagra rose 5 percent — to $438 million — in the first quarter of the year.
Pfizer shares declined Friday on the New York Stock Exchange after news of the blindness cases.Warning labels— Viagra: “Less common side effects that may occur are temporary changes in color vision (such as trouble telling the difference between blue and green objects or having a blue color tinge to them), eyes being more sensitive to light or blurred vision.”
— Cialis: “may uncommonly cause vision changes, such as seeing a blue tinge to objects or having difficulty telling the difference between the colors blue and green.”
— Levitra: “may uncommonly cause … vision changes, such as seeing a blue tinge to objects or having difficulty telling the difference between the colors blue and green.”
Source: Associated PressViagra and its competitors are blockbuster drugs that revolutionized treatment of erectile dysfunction, and they already come with serious warnings: Theyre not to be used by men who take nitrate-containing drugs, because the interaction could cause deadly drops in blood pressure, or by men with heart conditions