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This effect results from the peripheral arterial and venous vasodilating action of sildenafil, and it is not dose- (25 to 100 mg) or age-dependent, and seldom causes orthostatic hypotension; 3) sildenafil does not have a significant effect on heart rate 11, 12. Effect on platelets ? Bleeding episodes and increase in the bleeding and prothrombin times have not been observed, even in patients using acetylsalicylic acid or warfarin. However, assessment with the simultaneous use of other platelet antiaggregating agents (ticlopidine, clopidogrel, and dipyridamole) does not exist, nor assessment in patients with blood disorders; therefore, caution is advisable in such situations 11, 12.

Effect on vision - Increase in light sensitivity and a blue-greenish or blurred vision due to the inhibiting action of sildenafil on 6 phosphodiesterase present in the retinal photoreceptors may occur.

Patients, in whom these visual disorders may impair their activities, such as operators of automotive vehicles and airplanes, should be informed.

Sildenafil should be carefully used in the presence of retinitis pigmentosa 11, 12 . Adverse effects ? 1) Vasodilating effects: headache (16%), flushing (10%), and rhinitis (4%). Dizziness (2%), hypotension and postural hypotension (2% each) occurred with equal frequency in the sildenafil and placebo groups; 2) Gastrointestinal effects: dyspepsia due to reflux (7%); 3) Visual effects: increase in light sensitivity or blue-greenish or blurred vision (3%), mainly with doses of 100mg; 4) Musculoskeletal effects: muscle pains, especially with multiple doses, without alterations in the concentration of creatinine phosphokinase and in the electromyogram; 5) Priapism: occasionally reported 11,12 .

Nitrates ? Sildenafil increases the vasodilating action of nitrates and may cause potentially fatal severe hypotension. Based on the pharmacokinetic profile of sildenafil, nitrates should not be used within the 24 hours following the use of sildenafil. This period should be expanded in those situations prolonging the action of sildenafil (see pharmacokinetics and metabolism). On the other hand, the use of sildenafil is contraindicated if the nitrate was used in the preceding 24 hours, even sublingual nitrate.

In the case of oral route, this precaution is justified because the potential effect of residual traces of nitrate in the organism has not yet been well clarified. In the case of the sublingual witrate, duration of the action is short, but its use may suggest the need for repeating the dose during or after the intercourse facilitated by sildenafil.

Table II shows the medications based on organic nitrates available in the Brazilian market.

The anesthetic agent nitrous oxide does not interact with sildenafil 11 . Antihypertensive medications ? Adverse hypotensive effects have not been observed with the antagonists of the calcium channels, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, thiazides, loop diuretics, potassium sparing diuretics, and alpha- and beta-blockers.

In a specific study with amlodipine, the response to sildenafil was not different from the response to placebo.

However, one should be cautious when the therapeutical scheme comprises a drug that uses or inhibits the cytochrome P450 3A4 (table I) 6,11 .

Other medications ? Sildenafil does not interact with aspirin and warfarin, and no data regarding antiaggregating agents such as ticlopidine, clopidogrel and dipyridamole are available.

In regard to cimetidine and erythromycin, both inhibitors of the cytochrome P450 3A4, it is advisable to begin with low doses of sildenafil (25 mg).

Other medications are also metabolized through thisroute; therefore, a competitive inhibition may occur, but the effects of their interaction with sildenafil have not yet been adequately tested 11 (table I).

Other associated conditions ? 1) renal failure: mild (80 to 50 mL/min) and moderate (49 to 30 mL/min) reductions in the creatinine clearance do not significantly affect the metabolism of sildenafil.

In cases of severe renal failure (creatinine clearance 11 ; 2) elderly patients: similar caution should be observed with elderly patients, in whom the plasma concentration of creatinine in the presence of reduction in the muscle mass overestimates the value of creatinine clearance; 3) hepatic failure: the same caution with renal failure should be observed in this situation. Sildenafil in the patient with cardiovascular disease.

Circulatory effects in sexual intercourse ? a) in healthy individuals : cardiac overload and metabolic consumption are variable. In the laboratory, healthy men with their usual female partners reach a heart rate of approximately 110 bpm with female-on-top-coitus and of approximately 127 bpm with male-on-top coitus, corresponding to an exercise of 2.5 to 3.3 METs 11 ; b) in patients with coronary arterial disease : in NYHA functional classes I and II patients without antianginal medication, ischemia occurred during sexual intercourse in 1/3 of the patients, and it was silent 2/3 of the time.

All these patients had ischemia on treadmill stress testing. The mean heart rate varied around 118 bpm, but in some patients it reached 185 bpm at orgasm. In a study with 19 patients, cialis for sale near me angina during sexual intercourse did not occur with the use of beta-blockers, in parallel with reduction in the mean maximum heart rate from 125 bpm to 82 bpm. Other small studies showed that coitus may cause ventricular extrasystoles not triggered by other stimuli 12 ; c) death of patients with coronary artery disease during sexual intercourse: death during sexual intercourse is rare (0.6% of the cases of sudden death). Even though coitus may trigger an acute myocardial infarction, the relative risk in the 2 hours following sexual activity is low (2.5, CI 95%, 1.7 to 3.7). And even in this case, direct contribution of coitus to acute myocardial infarction seems to have occurred only 0.9% of the time.

Regular physical exercise seems to reduce the risk of acute myocardial infarction during coitus 12 .

It is important to emphasize that these encouraging data do not apply to patients, who, using or not using sildenafil, increase their circulatory and metabolic overload beyond their usual limits, as may happen in extramarital coitus or in coitus after excessive ingestion of food and alcoholic beverages; d) risk assessment : the treadmill stress test may assess the potential risk of a normal coitus in a patient with coronary artery disease. The risk of developing myocardial ischemia during coitus is low if a load of 5 to 6 METs can be reached without triggering ischemia or arrhythmia induced by exercise 11 .

Effects of sildenafil in patients with coronary artery disease. In double-blind controlled randomized studies, 70% of the ischemic patients using sildenafil reported improvement in erectile dysfunction versus 20% in the placebo group.

The medication was well tolerated, with the incidence of collateral cardiovascular effects in 5% of the patients in the sildenafil group and in 3% of the patients in the placebo group. More severe problems, such as acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina, occurred in 3% and 2% of the patients in the sildenafil and placebo groups, respectively.

On the other hand, in patients without coronary artery disease, the incidence of these more severe events was lower than 1% for both the sildenafil and placebo groups 12 . Between April and November 1998, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that 130 patients died after taking sildenafil.

Of these patients, 80 (61.5%) had a cardiovascular event (acute myocardial infarction in 41, cardiac arrest in 27, stroke in 3, cardiac symptoms in 6, and coronary artery disease in 3 others); 2 patients died due to homicide or drowning, and 48 died due to unknown causes.

In 106 patients with a known age, the mean age was 64 years (29 to 87 years). Sildenafil dosage varied from 25 to 100 mg and one patient had an overdose.

Sixteen patients took nitrate and one used medication with a nitrate base, but its use was not confirmed.

Forty (34%) patients died in the

first

In the remaining, the periods of time in relation to coitus were increasingly high: 6 patients died after 6 hours, 8 patients died on the day after, 5 died 2 days after the coitus, and 4 patients died 3 to 4 days after the coitus. Considering this temporal relation with the use of sildenafil, this mortality is markedly lower than that expected for the American male population with a similar mean age. Therefore, considering that the deaths occurred in a period of 8 months, coinciding with 6.4 million prescriptions of sildenafil, 4 deaths occurred per week. This mortality is markedly lower than the total cardiovascular mortality expected, which is 150 deaths per week per each million men 12 . Recommendations for the use of sildenafil in patients with cardiovascular disease. 1) Sildenafil is contraindicated in patients using long- and short-acting nitrates due to the possibility of developing potentially fatal severe hypotension.

2) In patients with stable coronary artery disease treated with long-acting nitrates, one may consider the possibility of suspending the nitrate in accordance with the patient, so that sildenafil can be used. 3) Patients not using long-acting nitrates but requiring nitrates sublingual for treatment of episodes of angina should be informed about the hazarg of using sildenafil, unless the nitrate can be replaced by an alternative medication with no risk of interaction with sildenafil.

4) Any use of nitrate is contraindicated in the 24 hours following the use of sildenafil.

Sildenafil is also contraindicated if any nitrate has been used in the preceding 24 hours. 5) High-risk cardiovascular patients, including patients with atherosclerotic disease, NYHA functional classes II and III patients individuals above 65 years of age, hypertensive and, diabetic patients, smokers, patients with moderate to severe dyslipidemia, and obese individuals, even if not having asked for sildenafil, should be informed about the potential severe risk of sildenafil-nitrate interaction.

This should be done because patients may obtain sildenafil by other means without the recommendations necessary for its use. 6) High-risk cardiovascular patients should be previously assessed through a treadmill stress test. The risk of ischemia during coitus is low if they do not develop clinical or electrocardiographic signs, of ischemia and or arrhythmia, until a load of 5 to 6 METs is reached.

These load limits are valid for coitus with the usual partner, in a familiar environment, and without additional overload of excessive consumption of food and alcoholic beverages.

Patients without sexual activity for a long period should be advised to moderate their physical activity and anxiety during their return to sexual activity. 7) In patients without ischemia and or arrhythmia, or both, on the treadmill stress test with load lower than 5 to 6 METs, the use of sildenafil should be conditioned to the clinical situation of the patient.

8) It is convenient that patients using vasodilators and diuretics simultaneously should be monitored for a hypotensive response to sildenafil.

9) Physicians and allied health personal emergency departments should be instructed to routinely ask patients about the use of sildenafil. 10) Patients using sildenafil should be instructed to tell about the use of sildenafil in case of an emergency. 11) An initial dose of 25 mg should be recommended in all situations that may increase the plasma concentration of sildenafil or potentiate its vasodilating effect and that do not constitute a formal contraindication for its use. Treatment of acute ischemic syndromes in patients using sildenafil.

Initial treatment of the precordial pain suspicious of angina ? Carefully identify when the last dose of sildenafil was taken. Do not use any type of nitrate if sildenafil has been taken within the preceding 24 hours.

From cialis for sale near me 24 to 48 hours after use of sildenafil, nitrate may be administered if no associated conditions increasing plasma concentration or delaying metabolism of sildenafil, such as age above 65 years, severe renal or hepatic

failure

In such instances, nitrates should only be used if conditions for the treatment of a possible severe hypotensive crisis exist. For the treatment of precordial pain no data about drug interactions are available contraindicating the use of sildenafil with aspirin, beta-blockers, calcium channel antagonists, or narcotics. Patients with acute myocardial infarction ? The same previous precautions should be taken.

So far, no restraints regarding the use of heparin, cumarin, and thrombolytic agents exist.

In the case of hypotension, recovery of proper pressure levels can hinder the progression of myocardial lesions. Unstable angina ? The same guidelines and warnings in relation to the use of nitrates and other medications commonly used in the cialis for sale near me treatment of this condition apply. Treatment of the hypotension resulting from the interaction of sildenafil with nitrates.

The following measures should be employed in sequence: 1) place the patient in the Trendelenburg's position; 2) administer intravenous fluids rapidly; 3) cialis for sale near me use intravenous alpha-adrenergic agonists, such as phenylephrine, ethylephrine, or metaraminol; 4) if necessary, use an alpha or beta agonist, such as norepinephrine to support blood pressure, but one should be aware of the risk of worsening or inducing myocardial ischemia; 5) install auxiliary support through the intra-aortic balloon. The recommendations here expressed result from a still limited experience in regard to some of the multiple clinical situations of patients with cardiovascular disease, who intend to use sildenafil. Therefore, the risk in face of these not yet tested situations is presumed based on what is known in regard to the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the medication. This can be applied to situations such as heart failure, the first 6 months after an acute myocardial infarction or after a stroke, and uncontrolled hypertension, which are situations absent in the published studies. In addition, some other pending questions should be remembered due to their importance and to a better comprehensiveness of this study: a) interaction with platelet antiaggregating agents other than aspirin; b) interaction with other phosphodiesterase inhibitors, including specific (milrinone, vesnarinone, enoximone) and nonspecific (theophylline, dipyridamole, papaverine, and pentoxifylline) inhibitors; c) effects of sildenafil on the central nervous system (PDE5 is present in the brain); d) the isolated hypotensive effect of sildenafil in high-risk patients with heart disease (severe heart failure); e) effect on skeletal muscles (thoracic muscle pains that may be mistaken for angina); f) simultaneous use of alcoholic beverages, especially with antihypertensive agents. Sildenafil has proved to be an effective and well-tolerated medication; these characteristics may be extended to patients with ischemic heart disease. Therefore, the number of patients with cardiovascular disease willing to try the drug has been increasing. These patients, however, have two potential risks in relation to the use of sildenafil.

The first is an indirect risk and relates to the ability to accomplish coitus, which is an activity associated with an increase in energy consumption and with varied degrees of psychological stress. The second is the risk of developing severe hypotension, which is directly linked to sildenafil-nitrate interaction.

In such circumstances, it is up to the cardiologist to decide and guide the patient in regard to the safe use of sildenafil. This study, based on the existing scientific data, on recommendations of a working group of the American College of Cardiology and of the American Heart Association, and on our initial experience, aims to provide to physicians in general and more specifically to cardiologists the necessary information so that sildenafil can be used as safely as possible in patients with cardiovascular disease.

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Sildenafil is a medicine used to treat erectile dysfunction. It increases blood flow to the penis to help men get an erection. At least two-thirds of men have improved erections after taking it. Sildenafil is also sometimes used to treat pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the blood vessels that supply the lungs). This medicine is available on prescription and can also be bought from most pharmacies. It comes as tablets that you swallow, chewable tablets, and as a liquid that you drink. It usually takes 30 to 60 minutes for sildenafil to work for erectile dysfunction. You can take it up to 4 hours before you want to have sex. Taking sildenafil alone will not cause an erection. The most common side effects are headaches, feeling sick, hot flushes and dizziness.

It can be dangerous to take sildenafil if you also take medicines called nitrates (often given for chest pain). The combination can cause a dangerous fall in your blood pressure. If you're not sure if you're taking a nitrate, ask your doctor or pharmacist.

Sildenafil is called by the brand names Viagra (for erectile dysfunction) and Revatio (for pulmonary hypertension). Sildenafil for erectile dysfunction (Viagra) can be taken by men aged 18 and over.

Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension (Revatio) can be taken by adults and children aged 1 and over.

Do not take sildenafil if you: have had an allergic reaction to sildenafil (Viagra) or any other medicines in the past are taking medicines called nitrates for chest pain have a serious heart or liver problem have recently had a stroke or a heart attack have low blood pressure have a rare inherited eye disease, such as retinitis pigmentosa.

Check with your doctor before taking sildenafil if you: have sickle cell anaemia (an abnormality of red blood cells), leukaemia (cancer of blood cells) or multiple myeloma (cancer of bone marrow) have a deformity of your penis or Peyronie's disease (curved penis) have a heart problem. Your doctor should carefully check whether your heart can take the additional strain of having sex. have a stomach ulcer or a bleeding problem like haemophilia. You can get sildenafil on the NHS if you have erectile dysfunction or pulmonary hypertension.

Branded versions of sildenafil such as Viagra are not available on the NHS, except in special circumstances.

You can also get sildenafil on a private prescription from your doctor.

This means you'll need to pay the full cost of the medicine.

Prices vary, but on average 4 tablets costs around ?20. You can buy sildenafil from a pharmacy following a discussion with the pharmacist. They'll ask you some questions about your general health to make sure sildenafil is safe for you to take. If the pharmacist has any concerns about whether sildenafil is safe for you, they may advise you to see your doctor. Be very careful if you do this as many websites sell fake medicines. Online medicines are not always regulated and the ingredients in them can vary from one pack to another.

They can cause unpleasant side effects or may not be suitable for you. It's best to see your doctor before buying medicines online.

They know your medical history and can discuss whether you might benefit from treatment.

If you choose to buy sildenafil/Viagra over the internet, make sure: any online pharmacy is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) any online doctor service is registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) all doctors are registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) 5.

It's important to take it as advised by your doctor or pharmacist.

Sildenafil tablets for erectile dysfunction come in different strengths ranging from 25mg to 100mg.

The usual dose is 50mg, when you need it (no more than once a day).

The dose can be increased to 100mg or decreased to 25mg depending on its effect. Take sildenafil up to 4 hours before you want to have sex.

For sildenafil to work properly, you'll need to be sexually excited.

Sildenafil tablets for pulmonary hypertension come in 10mg and 20mg tablets.

Doses for children can range from 10mg to 20mg taken 3 times a day, depending on their weight.

Swallow tablets whole with a glass of water or juice (but not grapefruit juice). For erectile dysfunction, it's best to take sildenafil on an empty stomach. It may take longer to work if you take it with food.

If you or your child are taking sildenafil as a liquid, 1ml is usually the same as taking a 10mg tablet, but it's important to always check the medicine label. Liquid sildenafil will usually be made up for you by your pharmacist.

The medicine will come with a plastic syringe or spoon to help you take the right amount. If you do not have a plastic syringe or spoon, ask your pharmacist for one.

Do not use a kitchen teaspoon as it will not give the right amount.

If you have pulmonary hypertension and you forget to take a dose of sildenafil, take it as soon as you remember and then continue as cialis for sale near me usual.

Never take an extra dose to make up for a forgotten one. If you often forget doses, it may help to set an alarm to remind you.

You could also ask your pharmacist for advice on other ways to help you remember to take your medicine. Taking too much sildenafil by accident can cause unpleasant side effects, such as: headaches dizziness indigestion blocked nose altered vision. Talk to your doctor if you have taken too much sildenafil and you're worried about these side effects. Like all medicines, sildenafil can cause side effects in some people. Many people have no side effects or only minor ones.

Common side effects happen in more than 1 in 100 people.

If you get these side effects, keep taking the medicine, but tell your doctor or pharmacist if these side effects bother you or do not go away: headaches feeling sick hot flushes, including facial flushing indigestion a colour tinge to your vision or blurred vision stuffy nose dizziness.

Serious side effects are rare and happen in less than 1 in 1,000 people. Stop taking sildenafil and call a doctor straight away if you get : chest pains - if this happens during or after sex, get into a semi-sitting position and try to relax; do not use nitrates to treat your chest pain prolonged and sometimes painful erections - if you have an erection that lasts for more than 4 hours, contact a doctor immediately a sudden decrease or loss of vision a serious skin reaction - symptoms may include fever, severe peeling and swelling of the skin, blistering of the mouth, genitals and around the eyes seizures.