Viagra Linked To Higher STD Risk In Seniors
By: RNS
Updated: July 11, 2010
(Washington, DC) -- Seniors who pop Viagra have higher rates of sexually
transmitted diseases than seniors who don't.
Scientists made the discovery after examining a statistic from the CDC that
shows there were more than six new cases of STDs per ten-thousand men over the age of 40 in 2008.
That's up nearly 50 percent from 1996.
The scientists found that men who were around the age of 60 and took the
drugs had more than double the risk of contracting a disease than men in the
same age group who didn't take the drug.
Even so, Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs didn't cause or worsen
STDs.
transmitted diseases than seniors who don't.
Scientists made the discovery after examining a statistic from the CDC that
shows there were more than six new cases of STDs per ten-thousand men over the age of 40 in 2008.
That's up nearly 50 percent from 1996.
The scientists found that men who were around the age of 60 and took the
drugs had more than double the risk of contracting a disease than men in the
same age group who didn't take the drug.
Even so, Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs didn't cause or worsen
STDs.
