Sildenafil citrate, sold under the name Viagra is the first of a new group of medication which allows adequate sexual stimulation, relaxes the blood vessels of the penis and helps erection. Sildenafil tablet should be taken once a day. The time necessary for Sildenafil to exercise its action is about half an hour. The effect is maintained for about four hours.
The effect is only obtained with a satisfactory sexual stimulation.
Sildenafil citrate, sold under the names Viagra, Revatio and under various other names, is a drug used to treat male erectile
dysfunction (impotence) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), developed by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
Its primary competitors on the market are tadalafil (Cialis), and vardenafil (Levitra).
Cialis
Tadalafil is a drug used to treat male erectile dysfunction (impotence). It was developed by the biotechnology firm ICOS and
marketed worldwide by Eli Lilly and Company under the brand name Cialis. In the United States, tadalafil has Food and Drug Administration
approval and became available in December, 2003 as the third impotence pill after sildenafil (Viagra) and vardenafil (Levitra).
Due to its 36-hour effect it is also known as the weekend pill. It should be noted that the drug has not been formally studied in regard
to multiple sexual attempts during a 36 hour period. Tadalafil is also currently undergoing Phase III clinical trials for the treatment
of pulmonary hypertension.