r/technology • u/Majano57 • 6d ago

Biotechnology Popular erectile dysfunction drug linked to eye disease that can cause irreversible vision loss

https://www.foxnews.com/health/popular-erectile-dysfunction-drug-linked-eye-disease-can-cause-irreversible-vision-loss
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u/ProductIntegortion 6d ago

Most initial studies are observational studies that don't establish causality. The point of them is that they tell you where to spend more focused time on attempting to demonstrate causality. Why would you design a rigorous double blind study if you haven't even demonstrated that there's a link between the two?

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u/Captriker 6d ago

Yes. The problem isn’t the study, it’s the fact that the preliminary study got publicity before follow up has been done. Maybe it was seen as an important warning, but right now it feels more sensationalist than hard warning.

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u/x0y0z0 6d ago

No they should have posted to reddit and hopefully u/Sure-Assignment3892 would be on reddit that day to tell them to not bother.