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Popular erectile dysfunction drug linked to eye disease that can cause irreversible vision loss (bmjgroup.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1357190/popular-erectile-dysfunction-drug-linked-to-eye-disease-that-can-cause-irreversible-visi

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[–] 9 points 5 days ago (1 child)

Sweet diabetes messed up my eyes and my dick. Now the medicine for one makes the laser and injections for the other pointless.

Just leave me hard and blind in a ditch somewhere.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    It's not to late to start taking control of your diabetes, getting blood sugar and insulin under control will improve erectile function!

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    It's under control but apparently getting it under control too quickly can cause rapid eye degeneration (my eyes were fine when I got diagnosed, and I responded well to treatment).

    I. The UK diabetes and other lifelong conditions make you eligible for free meds, which helps a lot.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

    I'm glad to hear its under control. Are you monitoring your fasting insulin levels? Getting your insulin levels down is probably the single best thing you can do for cardiovascular health.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Hba1c blood test every once in a while, blood sugar tests if I feel weird or curious. My blood was syrup when I first went in, untreated for years except accidentally trying low carb diets

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

    except accidentally trying low carb diets

    Oh, thats quite a accident!

    May I suggest getting fasting insulin checked as well? from my reading of the literature, it's the single biggest lever in getting t2d and cardiovascular issues under control or even reversed. the best way to achieve low insulin levels is the low carb diets you accidentally tried before.

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