Many years ago the FDA approved three drugs for male erectile dysfunction. It turned out that they had side effects that could adversely affect vision.
This also turns out to be the case with Amgen's Prolia, which already appears to be associated with macular degeneration -- as of May, 2021 dry in my left eye, wet in my right eye.
(This association with Prolia was confirmed by the retinal specialist now treating me for macular degeneration!)
So here is a poem I wrote over fifteen years ago.
I need to write another poem for Prolia. But here is the original.
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A “Dear Doctor” letter:
Dear Doctor, as you toil at daily grind,
Consider him, in lusty state of mind,
Who trembles at love’s doorstep, yet can’t cope.
For him Three Muses gently lift his hope!
Viagra, Levitra and Cialis are their names,
And justly they have earned their worldwide fames!
Lately sprung from Pfizer, Bayer and Lilly,
They’ve made a lot of swains act downright silly!
But a darker side to pharmaceutic passion,
Should surely place your scrip on stricter ration.
Cupid’s arrows can be a sweet surprise,
But never when they strike you in the eyes.
So please accept these gentle protestations:
Love may be blind, but please, Doc, not your patients!
Joan Levin -- 2005