I seem to recall hearing that viagra will turn your vision blue. And then they released that series of ads for it with a blue tint, which struck me as an interesting choice.
Don't worry, in absolute numbers the risk is 3,93 % compared to 3,16 % for non-users (5year). Just looking at the raw percent in the article make it seem like it gives you a 33% risk - hate articles like that.
Same deal with cancer increases from different activities.
"Eating salami increases your cancer risk by 25%!" When it went from 0.3% to 0.375% over your lifetime or something.
Smoking is still a substantial increase though. Plus the fact that a minority of smokers get lung cancer, but 90% of people with lung cancer were smokers.
"Eating salami increases your cancer risk by 25%!" When it went from 0.3% to 0.375% over your lifetime or something.
Eating 50g of cured meats every day raises the risk from about 5% to about 6% chance of getting certain gastrointestinal/colorectal cancers, compared to someone who never eats cured meats. A couple different ways to state this:
1% of cured meat eaters will develop cancer that they wouldn't have otherwise developed, by eating cured meat.
There is a 20% increase in risk of cancer from eating cured meat.
Cured meat eaters who have cancer have approximately a 16% chance of having gotten the cancer from the meat they eat.
But it's not negligible. And the causal connection is pretty strongly proven.
I know its just I have a 50/50 shot of getting cancer if I live like a monk and avoid carcinogenic foods, or i can eat what I enjoy and makes my life fulfilling knowing my risk is probably like 10% higher overall.
I think the fact that I don't drink or smoke at all makes up for it. I can enjoy cured and smoked meats to my hearts content.
Never eat sausage or pepperoni, or have a slight increase in cancer risk? I'll take the meats.
I'm sure it's cumulative, so of course I'll not eat like a stick of pepperoni every day, but once in a while won't appreciably increase my risk. (I had one sausage and one pepperoni piece of pizza today for lunch, in fact.)
I remember Fight Club writer Chuck Palahniuk getting one of the characters in his 2008 novel Snuff go blind while waiting for his turn on the set of a gang bang production from eating viagra like smarties.
Fun book, still waiting for the movie 🍿
If this this drug had a female equivalent it wouldn’t be sold OTC because it’s dangerous to take it when you have high blood pressure. This study just piles up more evidence for it. I guess this is a rare instance where sexism inherent to medicine and pharmacology bites men in the butt.
Guess what, ED drugs (really BP drugs because they were developed as vasidilators for blood pressure management) aren't legally available without a prescription.
I stand corrected, tadalafil is not OTC in many countries, only sildenafil is. Tadalafil is OTC where I live since 2022 and I assumed it’s the same elsewhere.
It is not a vital function, and erectile dysfunction is usually a signifier of poor lifestyle choices. I can't speak to botched surgeries, but I'll bet you 5000$ that the typical man experiencing erectile dysfunction is the result of either being fat (or old, which usually means fat) or gripping your dick too hard during masturbation.
I.e. either take care of yourself or don't - you're going to die anyway.
31 Comments
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 15d
So, it actually DOES make you do blind!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 15d
All ED meds do this. Not new information.
https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/study-shows-strong-link-between-erectile-dysfunction-medications-and-vision-problems/
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 15d
I seem to recall hearing that viagra will turn your vision blue. And then they released that series of ads for it with a blue tint, which struck me as an interesting choice.
oyzmo@piefed.social · 22 pts · 15d
Don't worry, in absolute numbers the risk is 3,93 % compared to 3,16 % for non-users (5year). Just looking at the raw percent in the article make it seem like it gives you a 33% risk - hate articles like that.
iocase@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 15d
Same deal with cancer increases from different activities.
"Eating salami increases your cancer risk by 25%!" When it went from 0.3% to 0.375% over your lifetime or something.
Smoking is still a substantial increase though. Plus the fact that a minority of smokers get lung cancer, but 90% of people with lung cancer were smokers.
sparkyshocks@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 15d
Eating 50g of cured meats every day raises the risk from about 5% to about 6% chance of getting certain gastrointestinal/colorectal cancers, compared to someone who never eats cured meats. A couple different ways to state this:
But it's not negligible. And the causal connection is pretty strongly proven.
iocase@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 15d
I know its just I have a 50/50 shot of getting cancer if I live like a monk and avoid carcinogenic foods, or i can eat what I enjoy and makes my life fulfilling knowing my risk is probably like 10% higher overall.
I think the fact that I don't drink or smoke at all makes up for it. I can enjoy cured and smoked meats to my hearts content.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 15d
Never eat sausage or pepperoni, or have a slight increase in cancer risk? I'll take the meats.
I'm sure it's cumulative, so of course I'll not eat like a stick of pepperoni every day, but once in a while won't appreciably increase my risk. (I had one sausage and one pepperoni piece of pizza today for lunch, in fact.)
iocase@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 15d
Yeah I bet its both dose and consistency that do it. I can't live without cured meat, cheese, and campfire bread while backpacking or camping...
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 15d
Lies, damned lies and statistics.
cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 15d
Fox!
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 15d
tadalafil
DieterParker@feddit.org · 4 pts · 14d
I remember Fight Club writer Chuck Palahniuk getting one of the characters in his 2008 novel Snuff go blind while waiting for his turn on the set of a gang bang production from eating viagra like smarties. Fun book, still waiting for the movie 🍿
misk@piefed.social · 3 pts · 15d
If this this drug had a female equivalent it wouldn’t be sold OTC because it’s dangerous to take it when you have high blood pressure. This study just piles up more evidence for it. I guess this is a rare instance where sexism inherent to medicine and pharmacology bites men in the butt.Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 15d
Guess what, ED drugs (really BP drugs because they were developed as vasidilators for blood pressure management) aren't legally available without a prescription.
misk@piefed.social · 6 pts · 15d
I stand corrected, tadalafil is not OTC in many countries, only sildenafil is. Tadalafil is OTC where I live since 2022 and I assumed it’s the same elsewhere.
village604@adultswim.fan · 4 pts · 15d
You can just buy them online. Legality is irrelevant to the topic.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 15d
sure, like oxycontin.
sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 15d
No ED medication is over the counter in Canada.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 15d
A boner and the women get hotter?
Sounds like a win win.
Jax@sh.itjust.works · -6 pts · 15d
It's almost like people need to learn how to accept that they're going to get old and die.
Edit: truth hurts
REDACTED@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 15d
Yeah, why even use vitamins or do resistance training, just accept the inevitable
Jax@sh.itjust.works · -7 pts · 15d
Crazy how you liken taking vitamins and exercise to taking a drug that makes your dick work.
Holy fuck - the biological clock is real.
REDACTED@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 15d
Crazy how you think one of the most vital functions for a man and reproduction is not as important as less energy from some vitamin deficiency.
Reminder that often the problem is circulation, botched surgeries, alcoholism during early years, etc.
Jax@sh.itjust.works · -7 pts · 15d
It is not a vital function, and erectile dysfunction is usually a signifier of poor lifestyle choices. I can't speak to botched surgeries, but I'll bet you 5000$ that the typical man experiencing erectile dysfunction is the result of either being fat (or old, which usually means fat) or gripping your dick too hard during masturbation.
I.e. either take care of yourself or don't - you're going to die anyway.
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 15d
I get it. You don't think fat people should have sex.... Weird take, but you do you I guess...
Jax@sh.itjust.works · -5 pts · 15d
Holy FUCK I am sick of redditors
Hacksaw@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 15d
frongt@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 15d
"Take care of yourself!"
"We developed a medicine"
"Wait no not like that"