Levitra and other Medications
When you have a consultation with a doctor to discuss your impotence, and what treatments are available to you, you will be asked a number of medical questions about your health. Answer these truthfully, especially when asked about any other medications you are taking. Regardless of whether they are herbal meds, vitamins, prescription or non prescription, you must tell your doctor everything that you are currently taking.
To avoid any serious damage to your heath, discuss in detail any meds or supplements you are taking. It’s also important to contact your doctor if you are taking Levitra, and want to take a new form of medication. Make sure they ok it before simply taking it. Levitra can be adversely affected by other meds, potentially damaging your penis for the long term and also affecting your overall health.
Cautionary Group
There are some medications that need to be considered with caution when taking Levitra. While they could pose a threat, if monitored correctly, and the correct dose of Levitra is taken, they should be safe to take together. These are:
- Alpha blockers: Alpha blockers are used for high blood pressure and an enlarged prostate gland. Because they lower the blood pressure, if combined with Levitra, the blood pressure can drop even further which will cause dizziness and fainting. A doctor can potentially prescribe a lower dose to avoid this happening.
The prohibited group
Some medications simply do not react well with Levitra, and if taken as a combination, will cause damaging results to your health and your penile tissues. If you choose to ignore these warnings and precautions, you could put yourself at serious risk. These medications are:
Any nitrates: a combination of a nitrate treatment and this impotence medicine will cause a detrimental drop in blood pressure. Examples of nitrates that do this are; glyceryl trinitrate, isosorbide monotritrate (both used as heart failure and angina treatments), nicorandil and amyl nitrate (poppers).
Protease inhibitors: these are used to treat HIV and can cause the blood level of vardenafil to be very high, which can cause the side effects of Levitra to be much more severe.
Other erectile dysfunction treatments: Levitra cannot be used in conjunction with other erectile dysfunction treatments.
