In June of this year, the Journal of the American Medial Association (JAMA) released a study that linked the usage of Viagra to an increased development of skin cancer, or melanoma. The deadly skin disease is estimated to kill an estimated 9,710 people in the US annually. JAMA derived their data from an experiment that...
After a JAMA study released in April of this year found that men who have taken Viagra have an 84% higher occurrence rate of melanoma, more doctors have spoken out, expressing a desire to see more research regarding this link. Dr. June Robinson of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine originally wrote an accompanying editorial...
A recent study by JAMA released in April of this year has found that men who take Viagra, the popular drug prescribed for erectile dysfunction, have an shocking 84% risk of developing melanoma, the deadly skin cancer. The study tracked more than 25,000 men who were on average around the age of 65 and who had taken...
After its entry into the pharmaceutical market in 1998, Viagra, the famous “little blue pill”, exploded in sales. Today, it’s yearly revenue exceeds $2 billion. Unfortunately, the manufacturer of Viagra, Pfizer, is coming under increasing scrutiny as thousands of men are being diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer, after taking the drug. Recent...
JAMA Internal Medicine recently published an article this April that sought to examine the link between sildenafil use and the risk of incident melanoma among men in the United States. Sildenafil is the active ingredient in Viagra, an oral medication approved by the FDA to treat erectile dysfunction and which has been around since 1998....
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