Camille Clarke

A 35-year-old Rio Claro man died yes­ter­day af­ter al­leged­ly tak­ing Cialis, a drug used for erec­tile dys­func­tion (ED). Michael Seecher­an, of Church Street, com­plained of chest pains a few hours af­ter tak­ing the drug. A re­port said Seecher­an took the drug around 6 pm and then had sex. He re­port­ed­ly took in with chest pains and col­lapsed. He was tak­en to Ma­yaro Health Fa­cil­i­ty where he died around 12.30 am. How­ev­er, a rel­a­tive re­port­ed­ly told po­lice that the drug did not work well, as his per­for­mance last­ed on­ly for about three min­utes. A post-mortem will be done to­day. A doc­tor said peo­ple tak­ing ED drugs should fol­low the in­for­ma­tion leaflet or use it un­der a doc­tor's in­struc­tions. "There are guide­lines that show who should take it and who are at risk. It is giv­en on the in­for­ma­tion leaflet. Peo­ple with car­dio­vas­cu­lar prob­lems or oth­er cat­e­gories at risk should fol­low di­rec­tions by a doc­tor."

The Web site for the ED drug Cialis ex­plains the side ef­fects of the drug. It states, "As with all med­ica­tions, Cialis may have some side ef­fects. The most com­mon side ef­fects of both Cialis dos­ing op­tions are headache, up­set stom­ach, back pain, mus­cle aches, flush­ing, and stuffy or run­ny nose. These side ef­fects usu­al­ly go away af­ter a few hours. Pa­tients who get back pain and mus­cle aches usu­al­ly get it 12 to 24 hours af­ter tak­ing Cialis. Back pain and mus­cle aches usu­al­ly go away by them­selves with­in 48 hours. Call your doc­tor if you get a side ef­fect that both­ers you or does not go away."

But de­tec­tives stressed yes­ter­day that they did not know the cause of death, and must await re­sults of the au­top­sy.