Viagra: Advantages and Disadvantages

Nowadays, many men have hailed the benefits of Viagra to their bodies and their improved sex lives as well. In the past, many of them dread the onset of erectile dysfunction that wreaked havoc with their psyche and sex lives. Thanks to this revolutionary “blue pill” that is able to control phosphodiesterase, a group of enzymes that lessens a man’s ability to have an erection, men are able to enjoy sex with their partners to the fullest. Despite the success of this drug to millions of men, they have to be wary of its disadvantages as well. A man should not take this drug randomly like a regular medicine for the reason that a doctor needs to prescribe it.

First, a doctor will prescribe this drug in different dosages from twenty-five, fifty to a hundred milligrams. A case in point will be men who are aged sixty-five and above wherein they have to take fifty milligrams of the medicine thirty minutes before they have sex with their partners. Sometimes they will have to take it four hours before or if the dosage is not effective, their doctor may recommend one hundred milligrams in the same time frame. For men who are older than sixty five doctors will prescribe twenty five milligrams or more and they should take it thirty minutes before they make love to their spouses. It is for these reasons that men should never take Viagra without the doctor’s advice.

Men should consider that they should not take this “blue pill” as a party drug and they should only take this when they have erectile dysfunction. On the other hand, women should never take this drug because it is the men who have problem with their erection in the first place. Also, those beyond sixty-five have to be careful because this drug may have an effect on them or they may not be able to tolerate it. For those who are taking other drugs or medicines, they should not take this “blue pill” with these medications because interaction with them may cause serious harm or illness. If they take the “blue pill” with other drugs such as Lopinavir, Crixivan, Viracept, Invirase, Agenerase, and Fortovase, which are protease inhibitors, harmful effects may result.

Men who are suffering from chest pain should never take the sex pill together with Transderm-Nitro or Nitrostat because this will significantly lower their blood pressure. Also, there are other medical conditions that will force doctors to discourage their patients from taking the sex pill. Foremost in the list are those suffering from Aids or HIV or those with irregular heartbeat. Included are men who suffered heart attacks in the last six months or are suffering low or high blood pressure. Additionally, if one has a history of stroke in the last six months, he should never take the “blue pill.”

Other scary scenarios that will discourage those who want to take Viagra are those who have bleeding problems or their kidneys are not functioning very well.