This story is almost too hard to believe.

There are some things you just shouldn't cheap out on and this story is perfect proof of that. A 31 year old man from right here in New York is living a nightmare after taking some generic medicine for erectile dysfunction he received online.

According to Men's Health, the man drank the medicine which was a type of sildenafil citrate straight from the medicine container and well surpassed the 50 mg dosage.

Of course, after that he experienced some side effects. One would suspect a certain are of the body to have some issues but his eye experienced severe retina damage.

After a year, doctors are still trying to figure out what is wrong with his eye.

Doctors warn anyone taking medicine that taking a larger doses does not fix your issue any faster.

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