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Can taking Viagra make you go deaf? Hundreds of cases of hearing loss reported among users

It may help you reach the heights of passion, but Viagra could stop you enjoying the pillow talk afterwards.

24 May 2011

Can taking Viagra make you go deaf? Hundreds of cases of hearing loss reported among users

The little blue pills taken by hundreds of thousands of British men may cause deafness, doctors in the United Kingdom have warned. Read on.

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