QUESTION
Does Viagra Cause Skin Cancer?
ANSWER
There is growing evidence that suggests Viagra may impact the body’s ability to fight off skin cancer, particularly the most aggressively and life-threatening form of skin cancer known as melanoma.
Find Out if You Have a Viagra Skin Cancer Lawsuit
In April 2014, Harvard Medical School researchers found a link between Viagra and skin cancer, suggesting that men who use Pfizer’s erectile dysfunction (ED) drug may be 84% more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma than men who did not take the drug.
The research suggests that Viagra, which is part of a class of drugs known as phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5A) inhibitors, may lower the body’s ability to fight off aggressive forms of cancer.
This is because PDE5A is an important cancer-fighting protein. Its inhibition may cause melanoma and other forms of cancer to be more invasive, giving them the freedom to spread more rapidly throughout the body.
Failure to Warn Viagra May Lead To Skin Cancer
The findings were published by JAMA Internal Medicine, raising serious questions about why Pfizer failed to warn men and the medical community that Viagra may cause skin cancer.
If information had been provided to users about the importance of monitoring for symptoms of melanoma on Viagra, many men may have been able to detect the skin cancer while it remained at an early and treatable stage.
According to the American Cancer Society, about 8,650 Americans die of melanoma each year, and about 69,000 are diagnosed. However, melanoma is treatable with surgery if it is diagnosed in the early stages, increasing the importance of quick detection.
Once the skin cancer spreads to the lymph nodes and organs, treatment is much more difficult, as it can lead to brain cancer, lung cancer and other malignancies that lower the victim’s risk of survival considerably.
While further studies are required to evaluate the causation link between skin cancer and Viagra, it appears that Pfizer may have turned a blind eye to this potential risk and placed their desire before consumer safety by failing to adequately research the potential side effects.
The Viagra skin cancer lawyers at Saiontz & Kirk, P.A. are reviewing potential lawsuits for men throughout the United States who have been diagnosed with melanoma after taking Viagra.
Financial compensation may be available through a Viagra lawsuit for injuries caused by the drug, or families who have lost loved ones due to skin cancer. Many cases of melanoma may have been avoided if Pfizer had adequately warned men and the medical community about the potential skin cancer side effects.
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