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To: Roads End who wrote (35433)	10/28/1998 1:05:00 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 97611

Off topic Pretty quiet today, so here's one for the pilots - No Viagra just before takeoff!!! Dow Jones Newswires -- October 27, 1998 Dow Jones Newswires Airline Pilots Warned About Viagra Use, Report Says Dow Jones Newswires DALLAS (AP)--Airline pilots are being warned that Pfizer Inc.'s (PFE) Viagra drug can impair the ability to distinguish between blue and green, colors frequently used in cockpit instrument displays and taxiway lights at airports, The Dallas Morning News reported today. Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration say flight doctors are being urged to tell pilots not to fly within six hours after a dose of the impotency treatment drug. "Although only 3% of all patients report visual disturbances, this blue-green impairment could be dangerous," while flying at night or in bad weather, said Air Force Dr. Donato Borillo, who wrote about the subject in the fall edition of the Federal Air Surgeon's Medical Bulletin. In addition to problem with colors, "full attention to the instrument scan and the task at hand may be compromised," Borillo wrote. American Airlines spokesman John Hotard said he's not aware Viagra use was an issue for the airline's pilots. "I'm not sure there are that many who would admit they needed it," Hotard told the newspaper. Dr. Warren Silberman, the FAA doctor who manages the government's flight-physical program, said he knew of no accidents or incidents attributable to the little blue pills. "But we have had a tremendous number of pilots and medical examiners calling in and asking, 'What about Viagra?"' he said. The answer, Silberman said, is simple: "Six hours from Viagra to throttle."