Aug. 12, 2022 – Hair loss, reduced sex drive, and erectile dysfunction have joined a list of better-known symptoms linked to long COVID in patients who were not hospitalized, according to findings of a large study. Anuradhaa Subramanian, PhD, with the Institute of Applied Health Research at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, … Read more
SOURCES: Irwin Goldstein, MD, director, sexual medicine, Alvarado Hospital, San Diego. Research funding: Pfizer. Research studies: Vivus and Medtronic. J. Stephen Jones, MD, chairman, department of regional urology, Cleveland Clinic. Consultant: Pfizer. Andrew McCullough, MD, associate professor of clinical urology and director, male sexual health program, New York University Langone Medical Center. Lecturer: Auxillium. Research … Read more
By Robert PreidtHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Think the sex lives of Americans took a hit during the pandemic? Think again. New research finds there’s been a jump in sales of erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs, especially Cialis (tadalafil), in the United States over the past year. “We saw a huge spike … Read more
Dec. 10, 2020 — Sildenafil and trazodone tablets have been recalled by pharmaceutical distributor AvKare because the drugs were “inadvertently packaged together” when they were bottled by a third-party vendor, according to the company. Sildenafil is the active ingredient in Viagra, used to treat erectile dysfunction, and trazodone is used to treat major depression. … Read more