Levitra And Blood Pressure

Levitra effects on blood pressure in healthy men

The active substance of Levitra, vardenafil, is a vasoactive agent – in simple terms, it affects the blood pressure. The entire mechanism of the drug is based on its ability to promote the expansion of the blood vessels in order to improve the penile blood flow. Hence, an insignificant change in blood pressure in men without hypertensive or hypotensive predisposition – but this does not mean that everyone will experience side effects related to a drop in blood pressure.

How is the hypotensive effect of Levitra is perceived? You may experience:

• Headache (15%)
• Dizziness (2%)
• Fainting (less than 1%)

Caution should be taken when you plan to have alcohol around the time when you administer the drug. It is important to use alcohol in moderation or skip it altogether because of the hypotensive action of ethanol, which can cause a severe, sudden and dangerous drop in blood pressure in combination with Levitra.

Something called ”first dose effect” should be taken into consideration when administering the initial dose of Levitra. According to the study carried out in Italy by researchers of the Department of Urology, Pisa University, the drug has a potential of causing fainting following the initial dosing, and this potential was clinically proven to be greater than that of Viagra (sildenafil).

Levitra use in high blood pressure

Caution should be taken in patients with high blood pressure who are taking nitrate-based drugs, and other hypotensive agents. If you have a condition that requires taking antihypertensive medications, you should talk to your prescriber about how to time Levitra administration so that space it out safely with the intake of the drugs for high blood pressure.

A trial carried out in the laboratory of Klinikum Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany, proved that the use of Levitra in men with high blood pressure does not provoke more serious side effects than those reported by healthy populations.

Levitra and low blood pressure

Blood pressure varies from person to person. Generally hypotension is considered a condition in which the maximum (or systolic) pressure is equal to or less than 90 mmHg and the minimum (or diastolic) pressure is equal to or less than 60 mmHg. The causes of hypotension can be many and of different relevance: they, therefore, vary from banal dehydration to more serious ailments. Sudden pressure drops can lead to a reduced flow of blood to the brain with the danger of fainting and falls to the ground, the consequences of which are particularly disastrous in the elderly (danger of serious fractures). Generally this is a problem that can be solved, provided that its cause is correctly identified.

The main symptoms of hypotension are blurred vision, confusion, dizziness, fainting, lightheadedness, nausea or vomiting, drowsiness and weakness.

In patients with an existing predisposition to low blood pressure, the use of Levitra is contraindicated, but so is the use of other drugs containing PDE5 inhibitors. Discuss the alternative therapies against sexual impotence with a doctor.