I remember reading about the potential (albeit it is supposed to be a minimal risk) for hearing loss in men who take the most popular, pioneering erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.  The new warnings that will now be on the popular product’s label will include a warning that the drug can cause fairly sudden hearing loss in its patients.  Viagra alternatives should not cause this, but that is a case to be studied by herbalists. 

When I say that the risk for hearing loss is fairly minute, it really is, since only 29 cases of hearing loss have been reported in Viagra patients since 1996.  That is fairly small, considering how long the drug has been out, and how widespread it’s distribution has been thanks to an ingenius marketing campaign, and the fact that the mere term Viagra has been ingrained into our lingo these days with a snigger as everyone knows exactly what it is and what it does. 

However, big named Viagra isn’t the only erectile dysfunction male sexual enhancement drug that will be branded with this rather unfortunate distinction, but also others that are chemically similar to the drug, Levitra, Cialis and a few other fairly unknown brands will also have to carry the hearing loss warning. 

Here’s the thing though, they can’t prove that it’s actually the drug that causes the hearing loss, but to be safe, they want to include an explicit warning on the label, just that if men do experience this, they will know that it could potentially be caused by the drug.  Also, there was label prior to this, only it really wasn’t explicitly worded, and to be prudent they would like to be more upfront about the potential that it could be linked to the use of the popular drug.