article_snippet: The news comes after MailOnline reported on the story of Edward Stalling, who endured a painful erection for several weeks.
article_snippet: his has suffered a rare side effect to a sleeping tablet given to his in hospital.
article_snippet: Mr Stalling was hospitalised for 10 days as doctors treated Mr Stalling prolonged erection.
article_snippet: Mr Stalling developed fibrosis – where the arteries and muscles in the penis becoming hardened with fibrous tissue – as a result of his prolonged erection.
article_snippet: Mr Stalling claims this has left Mr Stalling impotent and with difficulty urinating - and is suing the hospital for not making the side effects of the sleeping tablets clear to Mr Stalling.