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The Blues
SURVEY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY VOLUME 47 • NUMBER 2 • MARCH–APRIL 2002
TIME OPH BENJAMIN MILDER, EDITOR
The Blues If your libido needs enhancement, You can see to its advancement With Viagra—but that’s not exactly news. Just like other medications, There can be some complications, One of which is that you get the blues.
We’ll refrain here from expoundin’ How DPE, an enzyme found in Viagra, makes your world appear chromatic. If things look blue—or even pink— Don’t rush off to see your shrink It’s in the enzyme. It is not psychosomatic.
The term “blues” in our profession, Does not signify depression; It’s “cyanopia,” a word that means “blue vision.” That, too, is nothing new; It’s been reported hitherto, Along with blur and dazzle in addition.
So, if you should overdose, Don’t feel blue—i.e, morose. From the study cited, you’ll be on safe ground— If too much, you’ll have the “blues,” If not enough, you’ll have the blues, And you’ll know how much to use next time around. Ben Milder, MD St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Researchers now have validated The so-called “blues” as dose-related. From their studies it can easily be seen That, with precision, you can choose How much Viagra you can use Without the world appearing azurine.
Gabrieli CB, Regine F, Vingolo EM, et al: Subjective visual haloes after Sildenafil (Viagra) administration. Ophthalmology 108: 877–81, 2001
136 © 2002 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
0039-6257/02/$–see front matter PII S0039-6257(01)00297-1
TIME OPH BENJAMIN MILDER, EDITOR
The Blues If your libido needs enhancement, You can see to its advancement With Viagra—but that’s not exactly news. Just like other medications, There can be some complications, One of which is that you get the blues.
We’ll refrain here from expoundin’ How DPE, an enzyme found in Viagra, makes your world appear chromatic. If things look blue—or even pink— Don’t rush off to see your shrink It’s in the enzyme. It is not psychosomatic.
The term “blues” in our profession, Does not signify depression; It’s “cyanopia,” a word that means “blue vision.” That, too, is nothing new; It’s been reported hitherto, Along with blur and dazzle in addition.
So, if you should overdose, Don’t feel blue—i.e, morose. From the study cited, you’ll be on safe ground— If too much, you’ll have the “blues,” If not enough, you’ll have the blues, And you’ll know how much to use next time around. Ben Milder, MD St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Researchers now have validated The so-called “blues” as dose-related. From their studies it can easily be seen That, with precision, you can choose How much Viagra you can use Without the world appearing azurine.
Gabrieli CB, Regine F, Vingolo EM, et al: Subjective visual haloes after Sildenafil (Viagra) administration. Ophthalmology 108: 877–81, 2001
136 © 2002 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
0039-6257/02/$–see front matter PII S0039-6257(01)00297-1