On call: Viagra and glaucoma
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sildenafilalpha blockers,terazosindoxazosinvardenafiltadalafilGlaucoma, usually signaled by an abnormally high pressure of the fluid in the eye, is altogether different. To see if Viagra is safe for men with chronic open-angle glaucoma, doctors from the University of Pennsylvania administered a 100-mg test dose to a group of men with the disease. The drug did not produce any change in eye pressure (or blood pressure) over a 5-hour period. In fact, the only side effect was one case of hiccups.
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