FDA Orders ED Supplement Recall
Ingredient in Xiadafil VIP Tabs May Interact With Some Prescription Drugs.
Due to a risky ingredient, the FDA has ordered a recall of certain lots of Xiadafil VIP Tabs, an illegally marketed “all-natural” dietary supplement touted for sexual enhancement and erectile dysfunction (ED) treatment.
FDA lab tests show that the recalled supplements contain hydroxyhomosildenafil, which is similar to sildenafil, Viagra’s active ingredient.
Hydroxyhomosildenafil may interact with nitrates found in some prescription drugs (such as nitroglycerin) and can lower blood pressure to life-threatening levels, notes the FDA.
Erectile Dysfunction And Diabetes
Men with diabetes who are having trouble keeping an erection could be at increased risk of serious heart problems”, BBC News reported. It said that a study has found that those with erectile dysfunction are twice as likely as other men with diabetes to develop heart disease. This finding could apparently be used to “alert both patients and healthcare providers to the future risk of coronary heart disease”.
Gene Therapy May Treat Erectile Dysfunction
Studies in both men and monkeys show effectiveness of treatment.
Gene therapy may be a way to treat erectile dysfunction in men who do not respond to pills such as Viagra, researchers report.
Maxi-K gene therapy is a gene transfer that improves erectile dysfunction. Two studies using the gene were presented Tuesday at the American Urological Association’s annual meeting, in Orlando, Fla.
“Gene transfer technology has the potential for long-term improvement for erectile function,” lead researcher Dr. Arnold Melman, a professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, said during a morning teleconference Tuesday.
Erectile Dysfunction May Signal A Broken Heart
Erectile dysfunction is always a matter of the heart, but new research shows that more than romance is at stake. Two new studies of men with type 2 diabetes found that erectile dysfunction (ED) was a powerful early warning sign for serious heart disease, including heart attack and death.
One of the studies also showed that cholesterol-lowering medications could cut the risk of heart problems by about one-third–and suggested that Viagra and other compounds in the same drug family might offer similar protection.
Erectile dysfunction warns of worse problems
In diabetics, impotence may double cardiac risks, new studies say
Men with diabetes already know that erectile dysfunction can be a distressing side effect of the illness, adding insult to injury for about 80 percent of those who have the disease.
But sexual symptoms may also signal problems that go beyond impaired intimacy, according to new research that shows diabetic men who struggle with impotence face twice the risk for potentially deadly heart problems.
In fact, erectile dysfunction can predict cardiovascular troubles that include chest pain, heart attack, stroke — and death, according to two new studies published in the latest issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.