A new pill for erectial dysfunction has just been approved by the FDA but some feel the pill, "Uprima" may be dangerous because unlike Viagra, it works on the brain.
Some of the side effects included:
About 5 percent of the men taking it suffered nausea, vomiting, dizziness, sweating or sleepiness. Uprima evidentally causes dangerously low blood pressure. Uprima is thought to increase levels of an important neurochemical called dopamine in a brain region thought important for causing erections.
- A 33-year-old man took 4 mg of Uprima in his doctor's office but, while driving home 30 minutes later, became nauseous, sweaty, tired and flushed. He attempted to stop his car but fainted and crashed into a fence.
- A 56-year-old who took 4 mg of Uprima fainted for 15 to 20 minutes and was hospitalized with severely low blood pressure.
- A 42-year-old took a little higher dose, 5 mg, and passed out in his doctor's office. Falling, he hit his head and fractured his skull.
"This drug is clearly going to kill some people," agreed Dr. Robert Califf of Duke University, worried about heart patients taking other medicines that lower blood pressure. He also advised FDA to label Uprima with warnings against drinking alcohol while taking Uprima, saying even a few drinks may increase the risk.
"There will be some people who will probably lose their lives because they pass out at the top of stairs or are operating a car" when they faint, warned FDA adviser and Philadelphia cardiologist Dr. Peter Kowey.
The pharmaceutical company which manufactures Uprima says that it won't work for all cases of E.D. However, which types of ED which Uprima won't help were not specified.
TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. which is marketing Uprima, is
a joint venture between Abbott Laboratories, headquartered in Abbott Park,
Illinois, and Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. of Osaka, Japan.
Source:Reuters
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