Pharmageddon

2167.906 - 2197.825 Dr. Ronda Chakolis

And so this newer class of medicines, which a lot of times started out as diabetes meds, had this side effect. I mean, I will kind of do a history thing here and then I'll turn it over to Dr. Newsome. One of the medications that we use for erectile dysfunction, Viagra, was a lucky accident. That medication actually started out in clinical trials to be used to lower blood pressure.