Thursday, February 23, 2012

Can tadalafil be prescribed to men with ED who are on one or more antihypertensives?


Tadalafil can be prescribed to men with ED  who are on one or more antihypertensives,  with the exception of those alpha-blockers  which are used to treat hypertension. However,  appropriate clinical advice should be  given to patients regarding a possible decrease  in blood pressure when they are being treated  with antihypertensive medications and taking  a PDE5 inhibitor.  Tadalafil has been studied with concomitant  use of antihypertensive medications  because many patients who experience erectile  dysfunction also have hypertension. Specific  drug-interaction studies, examining the use of  tadalafil and commonly prescribed oral antihypertensive  agents, and extensive safety data  from patients taking tadalafil and oral antihypertensives  concomitantly, demonstrate that  tadalafil is generally safe in patients receiving  one or more concomitant antihypertensive  agents [61,62].  Studies have been conducted to test the  interaction of tadalafil with antihypertensive  agents including amlodipine besylate (Norvasc1),  metoprolol (Toprol-XL1), bendrofluazide,  enalapril maleate (Vasotec1), or  angiotensin II receptor blockers. No clinically  significant interactions were observed. 

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