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Can someone explain the regularity of doses required for damage? I take it every day for like 4 weeks per year.
It's basically 3% vs 4% risk anyway. Not the end of the world. Since it's one study there's probably not enough data for a case like yours, but in any case it's just a risk factor and not "it will definitely turn you blind".
ED meds have been found to affect vision in multiple studies since 2006. All of them.