Millions of men in America — and elsewhere around the world — are experiencing the frustration and embarrassment of erection problems even though a safe and effective treatment is readily available today.
If you are suffering from occasional or even chronic erection problems, Levitra is one of the more popular treatments for impotence. The medication, which has vardenafil hydrochloride as its active ingredient, can be purchased for an average price of $21.67 per 10-milligram dose through eDrugstore, a reliable online source for impotence drugs, as well as other medications and health products.
To get Levitra at this price per dose, you should order three or four 20-milligram tablets from eDrugstore. All of eDrugstore’s shipments of impotence drugs come with a pill-splitter, so your order for three or four tablets actually yields six or eight 10-milligram doses. For an order of either three or four 20-milligram tablets, you’ll pay $130 or $173.33 respectively.
Safe and Effective for Most Men
A 10-milligram dose of Levitra has been shown in clinical trials to be both safe and effective for most men with erection problems. In rare cases, men may need a 20-milligram dose to achieve an erection. If this turns out to be the case for you, you’ll be paying an average of just over $43 per dose.
If you find that Levitra works well for you, you can increase your savings by buying the drug in larger quantities. For example, buy 10 Levitra 20-milligram tablets for a total of $411. If a 10-milligram dose of the drug gets the job done for you, that drops your price per dose to $20.55.
Stocking up for the long term? You can drop your price per 10-milligram dose to $19.78 if you order 20 Levitra 20-milligram tablets for $791. That will give you a total of 40 doses of 10 milligrams each.
For those unfamiliar with Levitra or any of the other new wave of impotence drugs, such as Viagra, Cialis, or Stendra, they all work their magic in much the same way. All of these drugs are members of the PDE5 inhibitors family. Although each differs slightly from the others in terms of chemical structure, they are very similar in the way they act.
Although it was long thought that erection problems were primarily psychological in origin, most doctors today agree that the main culprit is compromised blood flow to the penis. This may occur because of other underlying health problems you have, or it could stem from unhealthy lifestyle choices. Whatever the root cause may be, you’re unable to get and keep an erection strong enough for intercourse because your penis isn’t getting the amount of blood it needs to support the erectile function.
No Spontaneous Erections
Don’t pop a Levitra pill or one of the other PDE5 inhibitors and expect an erection to miraculously appear. You’ll still need to get your erection the old-fashioned way. It all gets started in your brain with feelings of sexual desire, which triggers a release of nitric oxide that the brain then sends to your pelvic region.
Once the nitric oxide reaches your pelvic region, it sets off secondary chemical reactions, one of which creates a substance known as cyclic guanosine monophosphate, or cGMP. The primary role of cGMP is to relax the smooth muscles the line the blood vessels supplying your penis. As these blood vessels relax, blood rushes into the spongy erectile tissue of the penis, creating an erection.
If you were without any circulatory problems compromising blood flow to the penis, everything would work this way without any outside help. However, those erection problems you’ve been experiencing are a clear sign that you need a little assist.
Disables PDE5 Enzyme
Levitra and other PDE5 inhibitors provide that help by temporarily blocking the effects of an enzyme known as phosphodiesterase-5. One of this enzyme’s primary roles is to break down cGMP. In healthy men with no obstacles to pelvic blood flow, PDE5 is held in abeyance by the strength of normal erectile function. Since you’ve already found that yours is faltering, the medication’s ability to disable the PDE5 enzyme makes it easier for you to get and keep an erection that is strong enough for sexual activity.
Levitra was the second member of the PDE5 inhibitor family to make its debut on the American market. The first such drug was Pfizer’s Viagra (sildenafil citrate), which was approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1998. Levitra was next, winning FDA approval in September 2003.
FDA Rationale for Approval
Partnering on Levitra are two of the world’s major pharmaceutical companies, GlaxoSmithKline and Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. In approving the drugmakers’ petition to market Levitra, the FDA said it based its approval on the results of four multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials.
The four studies enrolled a total of 2,431 men with an average age of 57 years. Doses of Levitra ranging from 5 to 20 milligrams were given to some test subjects while others got a placebo. Results were measured according to various metrics under the International Index of Erectile Function. Test subjects who got Levitra showed ¨clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements¨ in erectile function, according to the FDA.
Common Side Effects
Among the most common side effects of Levitra are hives or rash, headache, runny or stuffy nose, dizziness, nausea, and flushing. Most of these tend to disappear after you’ve been taking the drug for a while. Although rare, some Levitra patients have experienced more serious side effects, including temporary loss of hearing and/or vision and erections that last for more than four hours. Although at first glance, the latter may seem like the stuff of dreams, such a prolonged erection is a medical emergency and can result in permanent damage to the delicate tissues of the penis if left untreated.
Before taking Levitra, it is best to consult with your doctor to ensure that you’re healthy enough for sexual activity and to confirm that the drug will not adversely interact with any of the medications you are currently taking.
Incompatible with Nitrates
Men who are taking nitrate-based drugs for the treatment of angina pectoris should steer clear of Levitra and any other of the PDE5 inhibitors. Both Levitra and nitrate-based drugs cause a sharp drop in blood pressure. Taken together, the precipitous decline in blood pressure could be life threatening.
Based in Tempe, Arizona, eDrugstore.com is a member of the Secure Medical family of online drugstores. All drugs sold by eDrugstore are FDA approved, and all are sourced from licensed U.S. pharmacies.
If you already have a prescription for Levitra from your doctor, you can fax or scan and email it to eDrugstore along with your order. If you don’t have a prescription, eDrugstore can set up an online consultation with one of its contract physicians. You will be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire that covers your symptoms and complaints as well as your overall medical history, including medications that you take. eDrugstore’s doctor will review your questionnaire and prescribe Levitra — or another PDE5 inhibitor if you’d prefer — if he or she deems it appropriate.
Don Amerman is a freelance author who writes extensively about a wide array of nutrition and health-related topics.
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