Viagra and similar drugs linked to rare form of amnesia
The Neuroshrink blog recently explored why Viagra and other medications used to treat erectile dysfunction can trigger an episode of transient global amnesia (TGA), “one of the more mysterious and freaky cognitive syndromes one can encounter.”
“TGA isn’t like amnesia in the soap operas, where people awake after a coma or head injury and can’t remember their name or recognize their family,” writes the Neuroshrink blogger (an anonymous physician specializing in neuropsychiatry). “TGA is a brief episode of primarily anterograde amnesia, which is the inability to form new memories.”
