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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Patient InformationVIAGRA® (vi-AG-rah)(sildenafil citrate)TabletsWhat is the most important information I should know about VIAGRA?VIAGRA can cause your blood pressure to drop suddenly to an unsafe level if it is taken with certain other medicines. Do not take VIAGRA if you take any other medicines called "nitrates." Nitrates are used to treat chest pain (angina). A sudden drop in blood pressure can cause you to feel dizzy, faint, or have a heart attack or stroke.Do not take VIAGRA if you take medicines called guanylate cyclase stimulators which include:Riociguat (Adempas®) a medicine that treats pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic-thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.Tell all your healthcare providers that you take VIAGRA. If you need emergency medical care for a heart problem, it will be important for your healthcare provider to know when you last took VIAGRA.Stop sexual activity and get medical help right away if you get symptoms such as chest pain, dizziness, or nausea during sex.Sexual activity can put an extra strain on your heart, especially if your heart is already weak from a heart attack or heart disease. Ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough to handle the extra strain of having sex.VIAGRA does not protect you or your partner from getting sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV—the virus that causes AIDS.What is VIAGRA?VIAGRA is a prescription medicine used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). You will not get an erection just by taking this medicine. VIAGRA helps a man with erectile dysfunction get and keep an erection only when he is sexually excited (stimulated).VIAGRA is not for use in women or children.It is not known if VIAGRA is safe and effective in women or children under 18 years of age.Who should not take VIAGRA?Do not take VIAGRA if you: take medicines called nitrates (such as nitroglycerin) use street drugs called "poppers" such as amyl nitrate or amyl nitrite, and butyl nitratetake any medicines called guanylate cyclase stimulators such as riociguat (Adempas)are allergic to sildenafil, as contained in VIAGRA and REVATIO, or any of the ingredients in VIAGRA. See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients in VIAGRA.What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking VIAGRA?Before you take VIAGRA, tell your healthcare provider if you:have or have had heart problems such as a heart attack, irregular heartbeat, angina, chest pain, narrowing of the aortic valve or heart failurehave had heart surgery within the last 6 monthshave pulmonary hypertensionhave had a strokehave low blood pressure, or high blood pressure that is not controlledhave a deformed penis shapehave had an erection that lasted for more than 4 hourshave problems with your blood cells such as sickle cell anemia, multiple myeloma, or leukemiahave retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic (runs in
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