Viagra can double the risk of skin cancer

Men who use small blue-green Viagra pills may be twice as likely to get cancer as those who don't.

According to a new study, there may be a dangerous link between Viagra and cancer. Research published in the June issue of the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that men who participated in long-term health studies who took Viagra to treat erectile dysfunction would have twice the risk. melanoma.

The researchers evaluated nearly 26,000 cases, who revealed in a Harvard University study in 2000 that they had taken sildenafil citrate or Viagra, to treat erectile dysfunction. However, between 2000 and 2010, researchers found that people taking Viagra were nearly twice as likely to develop skin cancer.

During the study, participants answered questions every two years, and researchers discovered 142 cases of malignant tumors, 580 with squamous cell carcinoma and 3030. case of basal cell carcinoma. However, they did not find a direct link between erectile dysfunction and malignant tumors.

The study authors said that the results suggest that Viagra may increase the risk of malignant tumors , and that their research alone is not sufficient to make medical recommendations.