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(USA Today) Cool Study shows Viagra, Cialis don't damage men's vision: There's just no way you're going to poke your own eye out   (usatoday.com) divider line 46
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daywin [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 02:41:46 PM  
How about the wifes tale about going blind if i play with myself a lot, if i take Viagra will i be safe?

 
Whamdangler 2009-04-18 02:48:28 PM  
daywin: How about the wifes tale about going blind if i play with myself a lot, if i take Viagra will i be safe?

Someone asked that way back in HS Sex Ed. "Does masturbation really make you go blind?" The teacher said without hesitation "Only if you ejaculate in your eye."

 
gopher321 [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 05:15:19 PM  
Poke your eye out? Probably not.

Shoot your eye out? Possibly.

 
cehlen [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 05:58:46 PM  
I always wondered why that commercial mentioned changes in vision as a possible side effect. It didn't make any sense to me.

 
climbin_metal 2009-04-18 06:07:30 PM  
I could have sworn Viagra and cialis both claim that you may incur temporary blindness. But what would I know? My eye only opens once a day.

 
climbin_metal 2009-04-18 06:10:57 PM  
FTA: Cialis (tadalafil) and Viagra (sildenafil)

This Eli Lilly study included 244 men, ages 30 to 65, who were randomly selected to take either 5 milligrams of tadalafil, 50 mg. of sildenafil, or a placebo daily for six months.

So if I am correct in my assumptions, is 5 mg of cialis comparable to the 50 mg of Viagra? And I bet I know the dude who took the sugar pill. I'm looking for a limp dick! Anyone have a limp dick in here?

 
mom_dropped_me 2009-04-18 06:12:13 PM  
Can anyone tell me what happens if you don't have ED and take one of these drugs? I'm thinking of experimenting on the new SO.

 
Now That's What I Call a Taco! 2009-04-18 06:14:10 PM  
mom_dropped_me: Can anyone tell me what happens if you don't have ED and take one of these drugs? I'm thinking of experimenting on the new SO.

You'll go blind.

 
Wrong_Intentions 2009-04-18 06:14:37 PM  
So you're hard, and you can't see those minute imperfections that might turn you off of otherwise perfectly farkable women? WIN!

 
Solty Dog 2009-04-18 06:20:02 PM  
mom_dropped_me: Can anyone tell me what happens if you don't have ED and take one of these drugs? I'm thinking of experimenting on the new SO.

My neighbor uses it to combat the whiskey dick when he goes hoggin. He claims he can fark until he's sober.

 
Ow My Balls 2009-04-18 06:23:32 PM  
Subby assumes you're not capable of autofellacio. Most of us aren't. If I were, I wouldn't be here typing quips on Fark; I can tell you that.

 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 06:27:55 PM  
climbin_metal: FTA: Cialis (tadalafil) and Viagra (sildenafil)

This Eli Lilly study included 244 men, ages 30 to 65, who were randomly selected to take either 5 milligrams of tadalafil, 50 mg. of sildenafil, or a placebo daily for six months.

So if I am correct in my assumptions, is 5 mg of cialis comparable to the 50 mg of Viagra? And I bet I know the dude who took the sugar pill. I'm looking for a limp dick! Anyone have a limp dick in here?


All of you.

 
Third_Uncle_Eno 2009-04-18 06:29:37 PM  
Polka your eyes out?


/obscure?

 
CornFedIowan 2009-04-18 06:33:35 PM  
There's just no way you're going to poke your own eye out

Maybe YOU can't.

 
GWSuperfan 2009-04-18 06:36:19 PM  
Third_Uncle_Eno: Polka your eyes out?

A) Nothing is obscure on Fark
2) Weird Al? Obscure? Never
iii) you talk like a fag
IV) your shiats all retarded
E) ...

 
Perducci 2009-04-18 06:38:29 PM  
What if you load Viagra into your Official Red Rider BB Gun?

 
Sumdumfarkr 2009-04-18 06:39:12 PM  
My balls are caught in a folding chair,
I've had a boner for sixteen hours,
I just splooged myself in the left eye,
and I can't reach the phone...
maybe I should Twitter Aston for help???

 
AbiNormal 2009-04-18 06:58:27 PM  
I'm pretty sure not being able to blink for 3-4 hours could damage your vision.

 
HoratioGates 2009-04-18 07:10:24 PM  
The blue-tinged sight gets particularly bad if you for some reason don't get to get your rocks off after taking the Viagra. I was looking at my balls and I swear they were bright blue.

 
physt 2009-04-18 07:15:03 PM  
cehlen: I always wondered why that commercial mentioned changes in vision as a possible side effect. It didn't make any sense to me.

Viagra makes increases your blood pressure. The plus side is that your erection is super-sized pink steal for at least 4 hours. It won't keep you totally erect all that time. You go down if you don't have any stimulation. However, if you do have stimulation, you're at full attention almost instantly.

The down side is the raging farking headache and the clogged sinuses you get because the blood is engorging everything else in your body including your brain. Still being half blind from the pain and nearly unable to breath is still worth the 2-4 hours of intense physical activity involved.

I asked me Dr. for a free sample even though I didn't have ED problems because I wanted to try it with the wife. At that point, we'd been together 15 years. That one time totally changed both our lives.

/wife asked me to pick up wine and porn today
//can't wait for the kids to go to bed tonight

 
Acid_Casualty 2009-04-18 07:22:13 PM  
Someone said Oxycontin damages you hearing, and that Limbaugh has a cochlear implant because of it. True?

 
Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 07:27:12 PM  
Study shows Viagra, Cialis don't damage men's vision: There's just no way you're going to poke your her brown eye out

Fixed.

 
gambitsgirl [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 07:30:12 PM  
CornFedIowan: There's just no way you're going to poke your own eye out

Maybe YOU can't.


please don't make the mistake of biting the tip off

 
Jkay [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 07:33:00 PM  
Can anyone tell me what happens if you don't have ED and take one of these drugs? I'm thinking of experimenting on the new SO.

You'll have a raging hard-on. What did you think would happen? ;) I tried this once, recreationally, and that about sums it up.

 
Mordis 2009-04-18 07:34:24 PM  
So, can we combine all the herbal "enhancement" drugs and add in some Cialis? Take that for 3 months straight and everybody would be built like a solid steel tripod.

 
Jkay [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 07:37:09 PM  
Mordis: So, can we combine all the herbal "enhancement" drugs and add in some Cialis? Take that for 3 months straight and everybody would be built like a solid steel tripod.

If over the counter "enhancement" pills really worked, no one would pay $13 a pill for Viagra. Use your head ;) What those TV commercial and magazine ad pills do is give you a semi-chubb 24 hours a day, making your LIMP penis look bigger. It doesn't make your erection larger or harder.

 
Noah Fect 2009-04-18 07:46:56 PM  
Some people above have asked about taking ED drugs when you don't need them.

Speaking as someone with no underlying medical condition who has tried both, Viagra is pretty lame compared to Cialis. It isn't worth messing with unless a headache and stuffy nose is your idea of a good time in the sack, and I don't understand why it's still on the market. Cialis, in comparison, is the farking philosopher's stone.

Read the warnings carefully, and avoid it if it sounds like it's contraindicated for you (e.g., you're on nitrate-based medications for a heart condition.) Otherwise, this class of medications is mostly harmless. Contrary to what was posted above, these drugs do not work by raising blood pressure, but rather, by improving blood flow and/or inhibiting hormonal (?) action that causes blood to leave the erectile tissue.

In fact, doctors are starting to prescribe Cialis as a daily medication to older patients. (Or at least the manufacturer is trying to convince them to do that.) If a 70-year-old codger with bad circulation can take Cialis every day, it seems reasonable to assume that it doesn't pose much risk to a younger person in good health, as long as you don't abuse it to the point of causing priapism.

 
jomyke 2009-04-18 07:50:58 PM  
well, if yer from nantucket - I reckon you should be careful anyway

 
zumfast 2009-04-18 07:53:36 PM  
Jkay: Mordis: So, can we combine all the herbal "enhancement" drugs and add in some Cialis? Take that for 3 months straight and everybody would be built like a solid steel tripod.

If over the counter "enhancement" pills really worked, no one would pay $13 a pill for Viagra. Use your head ;) What those TV commercial and magazine ad pills do is give you a semi-chubb 24 hours a day, making your LIMP penis look bigger. It doesn't make your erection larger or harder.


But it makes you look bigger, right?

/medication sure beats eating healthy and exercising regularly.

 
Gunz_drawn 2009-04-18 08:02:13 PM  
They said I woukd loose my vision.
Gooood thinh I can type by feeel.

 
yogaFLAME [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 08:16:07 PM  
cehlen: I always wondered why that commercial mentioned changes in vision as a possible side effect. It didn't make any sense to me.

It has to do with the mechanism of action. It inhibits a class of enzymes called phosphodiesterases, which are responsible for controlling vasodilation in your weewee. PDEs are also heavily involved with polarizing retinal ganglion cells when photons strike them, allowing you to see. I guess it turns out that the therapeutic dose for perking up your man-parts is well below what you'd need to affect vision.

 
FunkOut [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 08:20:07 PM  
gambitsgirl: CornFedIowan: There's just no way you're going to poke your own eye out

Maybe YOU can't.

please don't make the mistake of biting the tip off


Poking your eye out, biting off the tip, getting it stuck in your nose, using it to pull a train car...don't these things have instruction manuals listing appropriate uses that don't void the warranty?

 
bustle in my hedgerow 2009-04-18 08:24:02 PM  
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LostInCyberSpace 2009-04-18 08:26:52 PM  
Noah Fect: Some people above have asked about taking ED drugs when you don't need them.

Speaking as someone with no underlying medical condition who has tried both, Viagra is pretty lame compared to Cialis. It isn't worth messing with unless a headache and stuffy nose is your idea of a good time in the sack, and I don't understand why it's still on the market. Cialis, in comparison, is the farking philosopher's stone.

Read the warnings carefully, and avoid it if it sounds like it's contraindicated for you (e.g., you're on nitrate-based medications for a heart condition.) Otherwise, this class of medications is mostly harmless. Contrary to what was posted above, these drugs do not work by raising blood pressure, but rather, by improving blood flow and/or inhibiting hormonal (?) action that causes blood to leave the erectile tissue.

In fact, doctors are starting to prescribe Cialis as a daily medication to older patients. (Or at least the manufacturer is trying to convince them to do that.) If a 70-year-old codger with bad circulation can take Cialis every day, it seems reasonable to assume that it doesn't pose much risk to a younger person in good health, as long as you don't abuse it to the point of causing priapism.


You're right about Viagra vs Cialis. The only thing "raging" when I tried Vialis was my headache! .......and a curious orange tinge on my face.

/difficult explaining that to the wife!

 
zumfast 2009-04-18 08:28:12 PM  
yogaFLAME:

It has to do with the mechanism of action. It inhibits a class of enzymes called phosphodiesterases, which are responsible for controlling vasodilation in your weewee. PDEs are also heavily involved with polarizing retinal ganglion cells when photons strike them, allowing you to see. I guess it turns out that the therapeutic dose for perking up your man-parts is well below what you'd need to affect vision.


According to the article, this is not the case, and many who are prescribed the drug to combat existing vascular issues do see the effects. It would make sense that this is so, as the eye is a much more sensitive organ than the wang. While the threshold for wang issues is well defined, the threshold for eye issues is frequently not. I imagine many of these men who experience these issues have experienced ocular issues long before the sexual dysfunction, but just put them off as the effects of growing old, or not exercising.

 
Janine Melnitz 2009-04-18 08:44:18 PM  
yogaFLAME:
It has to do with the mechanism of action. It inhibits a class of enzymes called phosphodiesterases, which are responsible for controlling vasodilation in your weewee.


This medical terminology just boggles my mind.

 
special20 2009-04-18 09:05:44 PM  
Jkay: Mordis: So, can we combine all the herbal "enhancement" drugs and add in some Cialis? Take that for 3 months straight and everybody would be built like a solid steel tripod.

If over the counter "enhancement" pills really worked, no one would pay $13 a pill for Viagra. Use your head ;) What those TV commercial and magazine ad pills do is give you a semi-chubb 24 hours a day, making your LIMP penis look bigger. It doesn't make your erection larger or harder.


Ooooh, so it turns you back into a 13 year old.

 
Dykhuis26 2009-04-18 09:28:46 PM  
yogaFLAME:
It has to do with the mechanism of action. It inhibits a class of enzymes called phosphodiesterases, which are responsible for controlling vasodilation in your weewee.

This medical terminology just boggles my mind.


He did this so that it seemed like he knew this all along and put it into laymen's terms instead of using teh Google.

 
Gridlock 2009-04-18 09:55:50 PM  
What, the pill doesn't make you cockeyed?

 
pagansexgod 2009-04-18 10:14:14 PM  
Noah Fect: Some people above have asked about taking ED drugs when you don't need them.

Speaking as someone with no underlying medical condition who has tried both, Viagra is pretty lame compared to Cialis. It isn't worth messing with unless a headache and stuffy nose is your idea of a good time in the sack, and I don't understand why it's still on the market. Cialis, in comparison, is the farking philosopher's stone.

i>
I completly agree, I hated Viagra, it made me feel so ill so Cialis is fantastic! I have had multiple orgasms on multiple occasions, you just keeping going after you cum if you are really horny (redunant!)


 
yogaFLAME [TotalFark] 2009-04-18 10:18:52 PM  
Dykhuis26: He did this so that it seemed like he knew this all along and put it into laymen's terms instead of using teh Google.

No need for Google; TFA has more info than I provided, which, yes, I knew off the top of my head from physiology 101. And it's layman's terms.

 
ruinevil 2009-04-18 10:55:36 PM  
Janine Melnitz: yogaFLAME:
It has to do with the mechanism of action. It inhibits a class of enzymes called phosphodiesterases, which are responsible for controlling vasodilation in your weewee.

This medical terminology just boggles my mind.


It stops the timer that controls the duration of your erection. So your penis stays up, longer...

/was gonna use length instead of duration, but it has a double meaning here.

 
Magnetar 2009-04-19 01:00:05 AM  
Is there such a thing as "Viagra Goggles"?

 
Oznog 2009-04-19 01:01:47 AM  
Mordis: So, can we combine all the herbal "enhancement" drugs and add in some Cialis? Take that for 3 months straight and everybody would be built like a solid steel tripod.

Jkay:If over the counter "enhancement" pills really worked, no one would pay $13 a pill for Viagra. Use your head ;) What those TV commercial and magazine ad pills do is give you a semi-chubb 24 hours a day, making your LIMP penis look bigger. It doesn't make your erection larger or harder.


They have to declare ingredients according to the FDA, and you can look everything in there up. There's nothing in there with any evidence of being able to "enlarge" you, either temporarily or long-term. If there was, you could probably buy that pure ingredient for like $10/lb on eBay. And it would be very well known if it DID do that, not some obscure company secret.

There are a few herbs known to be an aphrodisiac for some people, or energy/erection-enhancing. Many contain yohimbe, which is like super-caffeine. Well you probably won't fall asleep "after". Or for the next 20 hours. You may be "energetic", or just sleepless, or so jittery you'd think you're having a heart attack.

"Breast enhancement" is a different matter. Breasts lack the specific structures of a penis and CAN swell to new sizes due to simple changes, as many women who get pregnant or start taking birth control pills have seen. Saw palmetto in those pills DOES make breasts a bit larger for many women, although only for as long as you continue taking them, which is actually kinda reassuring that it's not rearranging the tissue permanently because this sort of thing sometimes goes horribly wrong.

 
MagFura2 2009-04-19 02:24:15 AM  
yogaflame:
It has to do with the mechanism of action. It inhibits a class of enzymes called phosphodiesterases, which are responsible for controlling vasodilation in your weewee. PDEs are also heavily involved with polarizing retinal ganglion cells when photons strike them, allowing you to see. I guess it turns out that the therapeutic dose for perking up your man-parts is well below what you'd need to affect vision.


Our neurophysiology professor told us that knocking out PDE6 didn't cause total blindness, but rather blue-green colorblindness. He said that the FAA had a stricter 'bottle-to-throttle' limit for Viagra than they did for alcohol, because they use some combination of blue and green lights for landing planes? I don't know about all that, I trust his phys but I don't know shiat about them aeroplanes.

 
Pyr0 2009-04-19 10:39:02 AM  
There once was a man from Nantucket
Whose dick was so long he could suck it
But it was forever flaccid, making him suicidal
So he ate some boner pills and skullfarked himself

/i'm not very good at this

 
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