BeachMystress
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Joined: 4/3/2004 From: Naples Island- Long Beach CA - Southern California Status: offline
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There is a reason that prescription drugs require a prescription. We are going to ignore the marijuana since it is illegal and therefore not germane to our discussion. The effects of alcohol, tobacco and caffeine are well known upon the human body. Both alcohol and tobacco can cause death and carry warnings to that effect. The biggest problem with those drugs is cumulative or long term use. With a prescription drug, you can get not only the published side effects, but others as well. Side effects can show up with no warning and with short term use on a prescription drug. Remember the whole thing with Vioxx? That drug - a non steroidal anti inflammatory- was introduced in 1999 and finally removed from the market THIS september. I was on Vioxx in 2000 for a total of 6 months. At the end of that time, my liver enzymes had hit three times normal. This was found during routine blood work. The culprit came back the Vioxx and luckily I was removed from it. Less than 3 months later, the news started to notice people were dropping dead with Vioxx as a common cause. Now in the news is another drug of the same class, This one called Bextra. Six weeks ago I was taken off of Bextra, which I'd been taking for a month, because my blood pressure was at stroke level. Another friend was taken off the same day I was for the same reason. Since then, I know three other people who have been removed from it with stroke causing high blood pressure. Do you know that the FDA has a notification about Viagra that says "In patients taking Viagra, several heart-related side effects have been reported, including heart attack, sudden death, irregular heart rhythm, stroke, chest pain, and increased blood pressure." Because a drug is on the market doesn't mean it is safe. Prescription medication always carries a risk. It is used when the benefits of it outweigh the likely side effects. From what you've said, you're healthy and do not experience erectile dysfunction. Of course it is your choice to do what you with to your body. I just do not understand why a normally functioning man would want to take something like this. I'd be loath to play with a partner taking it without it being a medical necessity. If you do drop over dead from your erection, you may be assured I'll personally submit you for a Darwin Award. :-)
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