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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