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Headaches are a common side effect of ED medications such as sildenafil (the active ingredient in Viagra), tadalafil (Cialis) and vardenafil (Levitra), with about 25 percent of men prescribed ...
Some reports say that since Viagra can widen blood vessels, it can increase blood flow through the heart, permitting more oxygen to the lungs and improving oxygen supply to the rest of the body.
Cialis has several common side effects, many of which also happen with other drugs used to treat ED, like sildenafil (generic Viagra®), vardenafil , and avanafil (Stendra®).
Sildenafil, sold under the brand name Viagra among others, is a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension. [ 4 ] [ 8 ] It is also sometimes used off-label for the treatment of certain symptoms in secondary Raynaud's phenomenon . [ 9 ]
Here’s a fun fact, actually: According to Johnson, the main active ingredients of erectile dysfunction medications Cialis and Viagra—tadalafil and sildenafil—work by lowering blood pressure.
Erectile dysfunction (ED), also referred to as impotence, is a form of sexual dysfunction in males characterized by the persistent or recurring inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection with sufficient rigidity and duration for satisfactory sexual activity.
Chemical structure of sildenafil (Viagra), the prototypical PDE5 inhibitor. A phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5 inhibitor) is a vasodilating drug that works by blocking the degradative action of cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) on cyclic GMP in the smooth muscle cells lining the blood vessels supplying various tissues.
In clinical trials of Viagra, more than 82 percent of men with ED reported an improvement in their climaxes after using Viagra at a dosage of 100mg (the highest dosage prescribed for ED).