Viagra May Decrease Ability to Smell...

[Saurgrist]

Originally Posted by CNN

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Higher doses of Viagra (sildenafil) may mpair the ability to smell, which is possibly related to an increase in nasal congestion, German researchers report in The Journal of Urology.

A team led by Dr. V. Gudziol at the University of Dresden Medical School studied 20 healthy, young male volunteers who received Viagra, at a 50- or 100-mg dose, or inactive "placebo" and then were exposed to an odor-dispensing device.

The researchers tested the subjects' odor detection threshold, odor discrimination and odor identification ability.

They found that the 100-mg dose caused a drop in smelling or "olfactory" ability, specifically odor discrimination and odor threshold, compared with placebo. The 50-mg dose, by contrast, had no effect on olfactory function.

"In our subjects, the most likely reason for impaired...olfactory function was nasal congestion" brought on by Viagra, the authors write. They note that, while it was not evaluated in this study, previous reports have linked Viagra with a drop in nasal airflow.

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LOL, the older folks, or even younger folks that are using this are going to have to choose between their sense of smell and being able to stay 'active'

[Doty]

thats a pretty random thing to test for. Well, i suppose not... when i think of viagra, i think of nasal congestion...

or not.

Good story man. I enjoyed it immensely :-D

[Setarime]

Nice one saurgrist When you are taking viagra you need to swallow it quickly or you will get a stiff neck

[baps]

i think i know what people will want to keep lol..smell or sex hmmm

[Arwen]

Agree Baps i think you would find that maybe most people on viagra would rather loose sense of smell than loose there love life. I know what i would pick

[TGLucario]

LOL....i'd lose the sence of smell

[Saurgrist]

Originally Posted by Haggis Basher

Nice one saurgrist When you are taking viagra you need to swallow it quickly or you will get a stiff neck

Is this from personal experience HB?

Nice one, I thought it was a great joke

[Oyabun]

Originally Posted by baps

i think i know what people will want to keep lol..smell or sex hmmm

LMAOO good one very interesting news maybe the odourful people should take viagra for treatment

Some people take Viagra to make them look hard, i mean tough

[stubacca68]

there was a lorry load stolen in the uk the police say they are looking for a gang of hardend criminals

like you say random tests there!