I was told something else caused it...

NEW YORK - Pfizer Inc. on Monday said a review of its popular impotence treatment Viagra turned up no evidence of increased risk of blindness among patients taking the erectile dysfunction drug.

“There is no evidence that Viagra causes blindness or any other serious ocular condition,” Joseph Feczko, Pfizer’s chief medical officer, said in a statement.

“Several studies specifically looking into the effect of Viagra in the eye by Pfizer as well as independent ophthalmologic experts found Viagra to have no serious adverse effects on the eye,” Feczko added.

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WASHINGTON - Impotence drugs such as Viagra would not be covered by Medicaid and Medicare, the government health programs for the poor and the aged, under new prohibitions approved by the House on Friday.

By a 285-121 vote, the House approved an amendment by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, to stop the government from paying for the drugs. King said his amendment would save taxpayers $105 million next year alone.

King had earlier commissioned a budget study that found the government would spend more than $2 billion on such impotence drugs over the next decade. The amount spent would greatly increase as the Medicare prescription program begins next year.

“We don’t force taxpayers to pay for face lifts, weight-loss drugs, hair-growth treatment or vacations, so we should not force them to pay for sexual-performance drugs,” King said. “Medicare and Medicaid were established to provide lifesaving medication for the truly needy.”

I did not know that we paid for this currently! ok, onto the title explanation...

"Contrary to popular myth, masturbation does not make the palms hairy, cause blindness or genital shrinkage. The only side-effects recorded are that repeated masturbation may result in tiredness or soreness, which tend to make repeated masturbation self-limiting in any case."