EXCLUSIVE Elderly man coughs up blood for three days after taking Viagra in an extremely rare reaction to the libido-boosting drug By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:30 EDT, 5 August 2024 | Updated: 10:31 EDT, 5 August 2024 e-mail View comments A man in his 70s ended up with more than he bargained for after a dose of an impotency medication left him coughing up blood for three days. Medics who documented the case said there have only been six other reported incidents of this type of reaction in patients taking sildenafil, most commonly known by the brand Viagra. The man, who wasn't named in the medical case report, started coughing up blood shortly after taking sildenafil — which is used by millions of British men .
Over the next three, the report states that he hacked up an estimated 50ml of blood, equivalent to just over a shot glass's worth. Seeking help from doctors he told medics that he had suffered a similar episode two weeks prior, again after taking the little blue pill. Medics who documented the case said there have only been six other reported incidents of this type of reaction in patients taking sildenafil, most commonly known by the brand Viagra Doctors undertook a thorough examination of the man, including inspecting his throat and nasal passages, and a CT scan of his chest and found no underlying condition that could have caused the bleeding.
This, and the fact the man's symptoms stopped after he ceased taking sildenafil led them to.