Things come full circle

Not to make a joke about a terrible tragedy afflicting some people, but when I read this piece of news, I was irresistably reminded that Victorians would warn their children, "don't play with yourself or you'll go blind":

Federal health officials are examining rare reports of blindness among some men using the impotence drugs Viagra and Cialis, a disclosure that comes at a time when the drug industry can ill afford negative publicity about another class of blockbuster medicines.