Rules How to Take Levitra

Levitra should be taken according to the way it was prescribed to you. We advise you not to exceed the dose and take the medicine for longer period than it is recommended by instruction label or your doctor. Usually Levitra is taken onñe a day as 24 hours must pass between the doses. It is better to take Levitra with a glass of cold water. It doesn’t matter if you take Levitra with food and without it. The storage rules for this medicine presuppose that Levitra should be kept at room temperature far from heat and moisture.

In most cases medicine is to be taken about 1 hour before the intercourse is supposed to occur. Levitra was invented for helping men to get an erection for sexual activity. It is necessary to remember that Levitra helps to deal with ED but erection will not occur just with a help of a pill. You can get the desirable result when you take the pill and it is followed but sexual stimulation.

If you experience pain when having erection after taking thismedicine or your erection lasts more than 4 hours you are to contact your doctor or medical emergency. When erection lasts for 4 hours and more it is called priapism. Priapism can lead to penis damage that is why you should be very careful and contact emergency when you see that you health is under treat.

You are to avoid drinking alcohol while taking Levitra as alcohol can provoke the appearing of some Levitra’s side effects. Note please, that grapefruit, grapefruit juice and other dishes made from grapefruit may interact with components of Levitra not positively. Thus you are to consult your doctor if you are planning to increase or decrease the amount of grapefruit in your diet. Beside, you are to avoid taking other drugs prescribed for curing impotence such as alprostadil (Caverject, Muse, Edex) or yohimbine (Yocon, Yodoxin) when taking Levitra.

When YOU Shouldn’t Take Levitra ( Êîãäà Òåáå íåëüçÿ ïðèíèìàòü Ëåâèòðó)

We do recommend you not to take Levitra medicine all together with nitrate medicines used to treat chest pain or heart problems. This includes nitroglycerin (Nitrostat, Nitrolingual, Nitro-Dur, Nitro-Bid, and others), isosorbide dinitrate (Dilatrate-SR, Isordil, Sorbitrate), and isosorbide mononitrate (Imdur, ISMO, Monoket). You have a risk to get blood pressure changes, fainting, stroke or even heart attack when combing Levitra with any kind of nitrate drugs.

Moreover, please be aware of the necessity to consult you doctor before taking Levitra if you have allergy for some medicines and if you have the following health problems:

• heart disease or heart rhythm problems;

• a recent history (in the past 6 months) of a heart attack, angina (chest pain), or congestive heart failure;

• a recent history of stroke or blood clots;

• a personal or family history of "Long QT syndrome";

• high or low blood pressure;

• liver disease;

• kidney disease (or if you are on dialysis);

• a blood cell disorder such as sickle cell anemia, multiple myeloma, or leukemia;

• a bleeding disorder such as hemophilia;

• a stomach ulcer;

• retinitis pigmentosa (an inherited condition of the eye);

• a physical deformity of the penis (such as Peyronie’s disease); or

• if you have been told you should not have sexual intercourse for health reasons.

Thus if you appear to have any of mentioned above conditions you may require a dose of adjustment or special tests to take Levitra safety.

In some rare cases Levitra can decrease the blood flow to the optic nerve of the eyes and it results in sudden vision loss. Usually such effect of Levitra can have place when patients have heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, some eye problems. Also men who are older than 50 years and smoke regularly are in the risk group.

It is not clear whether Levitra is the actual cause of vision loss. Stop using Levitra and get emergency medical help if you have sudden vision loss.