Fresh off the heels of writing a post on erectile dysfunction, I feel it is comically appropriate to highlight a recent story, reported by the Associated Press, on a strange side-effect of Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra.

According to the report, the FDA is now mandating that pharmaceutical companies list sudden hearing loss as a potential side-effect. This comes after twenty-nine separate cases of hearing loss (in only one ear) were reported by users of one of these three drugs.

The good news is that the hearing loss only appears to be temporary and returned shortly after use of the drug was discontinued. And, in fairness to these three drugs, it has yet to be proved that they are, in fact, completely to blame.

Nevertheless, if you're currently taking Viagra, Cialis, or Levitra and experience sudden hearing loss, you may want to climb out of the old-fashioned, clawfoot bathtub that men always seem to be sitting in during commercials for these drugs (with their wife in an identical tub right next to them, usually on a beach or some other place that carrying two, 350-pound tubs to would be near impossible) and go see your doctor.