B&H, perhaps this will answer your question.
FDA describes 16 men reported dead on Viagra
Tuesday June 9, 7:56 pm Eastern Time
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and drug Administration on Tuesday described the cases of 16 men reported
to have died after taking Viagra.
The oldest was 80, the youngest 48, and seven of them died just after having sex, according to the brief FDA descriptions.
The FDA stressed that there was no evidence the blockbuster impotence drug, sold by Pfizer (PFE - news), caused the 15 deaths
-- and some of the reports of deaths were completely unconfirmed.
More than a million men have taken the drug since it hit the market in April. The drug works to get more blood to the penis during
sexual arousal, allowing a man to have an erection.
''As of June 8, 1998, the FDA has received 16 unduplicated reports for Viagra in which there was a fatal outcome,'' the FDA said
in a statement posted on its internet web page at www.fda.gov.
The statement, released as the result of a Freedom of Information request, briefly describes each of the 16 cases. Three were
based on media reports and another one appeared to also be a secondhand report. |
