My father is, embarrasingly, addicted to Viagra.
What the adverts don't state is that it's a mild opiate at about half the strength of vicodin. Normally, it relaxes the veins and allows blood to flow to certain parts of the body, but when mixed with alcohol has the effect of a muscle relaxant. It's now available in the US without a prescription, and my dad's been popping them for weeks. Just yesterday he had a scare and I'm hopeful, but doubtful, that it'll get him to quit.

Apparently veins and muscles which are closest to the skin are affected first by the relaxant, particularly in the face and chin. I walked in to find him with a flushed and ruddy appearance, which quickly migrated southward, causing mild spasms. He was choking!

He'd gotten a Viagra stuck in his throat, and had a stiff neck all day. Athankyou.
( Digeridude Lord Wellington's Beef Trapeze, Mon 22 Dec 2008, 21:20, Reply)