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Friday, May 27, 2005

Can I just do it until I need glasses?




Blogging on the run today. No telephone and no DSL make driftglass, something, something...

This from Reuters (sorry, no block quotes on Safari on this Mac)

CHICAGO - Pfizer Inc. on Friday acknowledged rare cases of blindness in men taking its impotence drug Viagra and said it is in talks with U.S. regulators to change the drug's label.

Viagra, introduced in 1998, had $1.68 billion in sales in 2004. Reports of blindness have surfaced before, and Pfizer -- the world's largest drugmaker -- emphasized that no proof exists that the blindness is linked to the drug.

"We are in discussions with the FDA to update our language to reflect these rare ocular events that have occurred," Pfizer spokesman Daniel Watts said.

Watts could not say how many cases had been reported.
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Shit. I hate it when it turns out the Catholics were right.

Next up: Levitra will grow hair on your palms.

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