Cialis linked to long – term hearing loss
Published 10/13/2011 | 
The erectile dysfunction oral medication Cialis, and other ED medications, may urge long-term hearing loss among men, according to the study conducted by the researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The researchers studied the data which gives the ground to association between the onset of hearing problems and PDE -5 inhibitors. The study has analyzed the data of more than 11,500 men over the age of 40. The survey data had been accumulated by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality between 2003 and 2006.
The study was conducted after the resolution of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make the manufacturers of PDE 5 inhibitors to put the warning labeling about hearing loss risks for such medications. This decision had roots in post marketing reports of sudden hearing loss among users of Cialis online and other similar drugs.
This authorized warning about hearing loss and the use of PDE 5 medications guarantees that patients using these medications be careful about the signs and symptoms of hearing impairment and stimulated to seek immediate medical attention in case potentially dangerous effects occur.
The researches after careful analysis of the data had come to the conclusion that men who took PDE5 inhibitors on a regular basis had twice the chance for developing hearing loss as those who did not.
Still they made an accent that more research is required, due to the fact that this class of drugs was originally developed and indicated for the treatment of pulmonary high blood pressure.
PDE 5inhibitors work by increasing blood flow to the penile tissues and the researchers postulated that this drug class may have the same effect on the ear tissues. They also supposed that this increased blood flow in the ear may result in hearing loss.
