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A boy cries as he recuperates after surgery during "Operation Smile" at a hospital in Manila's Makati financial district October 26, 2009. Operation Smile aim to provide free surgery for about a hundred children inflicted with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities over a period of five days in Makati. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo

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    FDA adding hearing loss risk for impotence drugs

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    Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:15am EDT
    Two boxes with the new anti-impotence drug Cialis (tadafil) are pictured in a Munich pharmacy February 4, 2003. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday said warnings about the risk of sudden hearing loss linked to popular drugs for impotence, including Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, would be added to the drugs' labels.

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    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was prompted to look into a possible connection after a published report of a man taking Viagra, made by Pfizer Inc, who suffered from sudden hearing loss, a rare condition.

    Eli Lilly sells Cialis and GlaxoSmithKline Plc sells Levitra.

    A further review of the FDA's side effect data found 29 cases of sudden hearing loss with a relationship to the three drugs. In two thirds of the cases, the hearing loss was ongoing, the agency said.
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