Be sure you know the side effects of Viagra
Be sure you know the side effects of Viagra
The overall side effects of Viagra may be classified into four categories, according to Odette Comeau-Luis, RN, MS, CCRN, coordinator of the Emergency Cardiac Care Center at Loma Linda (CA) University Medical Center and Children’s Hospital:
• vasodilatory effects: headache, flushing, rhinitis, dizziness, and hypotension;
• gastrointestinal effects: dyspepsia and reflux;
• visual abnormalities: blue-green color-tinged vision, increased perception of light, and blurred vision;
• musculoskeletal effects: myalgias.
The following are complications associated with Viagra, according to Christine Clare, RN, MN, CEN, CNA, nurse manager for express care/industrial medicine and employee health at Loma Linda:
• myocardial infarction;
• sudden cardiac death;
• ventricular arrhythmia;
• cerebrovascular hemorrhage;
• transient ischemia attack;
• seizure;
• priapism (a problem with the penis remaining erect too long);
• hematuria (abnormal presence of blood in the urine);
• temporary vision loss;
• diplopia (double vision);
• ocular redness;
• increased intra-ocular pressure;
• macular edema (swelling in the macula of the retina);
• vitreous detachment;
• retinal vascular disease.
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