TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual side effects possibly associated with viagra
AU - Fraunfelder, F. T.
AU - Laties, Alan M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported, in part, by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. (New York, NY).
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Sildenafil citrate (Viagra), an oral therapy for erectile dysfunction, is a selective inhibitor of PDE-5, but also PDE-6, which is found in the retina. This drug has some ocular side effects which are uncommon, dose- dependent, and reversible. Reported ocular side effects include changes in color perception, blurred vision, changes in light perception, electoretinogram changes, and conjunctival hyperemia.
AB - Sildenafil citrate (Viagra), an oral therapy for erectile dysfunction, is a selective inhibitor of PDE-5, but also PDE-6, which is found in the retina. This drug has some ocular side effects which are uncommon, dose- dependent, and reversible. Reported ocular side effects include changes in color perception, blurred vision, changes in light perception, electoretinogram changes, and conjunctival hyperemia.
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U2 - 10.3109/15569520009051474
DO - 10.3109/15569520009051474
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033999530
VL - 19
SP - 21
EP - 25
JO - Journal of Toxicology - Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology
JF - Journal of Toxicology - Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology
SN - 1556-9527
IS - 1
ER -