The Dangers Of Using And Abusing Viagra

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The Dangers of Using and Abusing Viagra

Once upon a time, a big American pharmaceutical company named Pfizer accidentally discovered a new treatment for erectile dysfunction -- Viagra, the little blue pill. Originally developed as a treatment for heart disease, its penile erection... Read more »

Valley of the Dolls '98 A Look at Prozac and Viagra

Back in 1994-95, I took the antidepressant Prozac for a year. It had certain advantages. Prozac enabled me to tell the blunt, unvarnished truth. For instance, I once told a particularly formidable and irksome telephone solicitor that I'd have a lot... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Feds Probe Viagra Use, Rise in Unsafe Gay Sex

A recent conference in Maryland brought health officials together with representatives of impotence drug manufacturers to discuss use of the drugs and their role in increased HIV infections among gay men practicing unsafe sex. Use of PDE5 inhibitors... Read more »

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Viagra 50mg (VIAGRA DRUG REACTIONS)

Hi Dr. Bob, A quick question about Viagra 50mg: can someone on Atripla take a 50mg (it is the minimun I can go for, 25mg is not doing the job) around the same time or one hour before taking Atripla? is it safe with no interaction on the good results...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,No problem popping a 50 mg "blue diamond" along with your Atripla. The dangerous drug interaction problem involves protease inhibitors primarily. Atripla does not contain protease inhibitors so you don't have to worry about using... Read more »

viagra and meds

Is it dangerous for me to be taking viagra with my hiv meds?...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Viagra may have a dangerous interaction with the protease inhibitors such as ritonavir or indinavir. The concern is that the protease inhibitors may prevent the liver from clearing the Viagra so that the levels could be elevated for a long time.... Read more »

drug cocktail and viagra

Thank you for the interesting forum and help. My question is: is it safe or recommended or even possible to use occasionally viagra while taking videx, sustiva, crixivan and norvir?thanks...

Response from Andrew T. Pavia, M.D.

University of Utah, School of Medicine

There are important drug interactions between crixivan and norvir and viagra. The both drugs tend to increase the amount of viagra in your blood and increase the amount of time the viagra stays in your system. This is most dramatic with norvir, and... Read more »

elimination delays for poppers and viagra

I know that it is dangerous to use poppers and viagra simultaneously .Please tell me how long it takes for the human body to eliminate each of these substances so that I will know hot much time is needed to avoid simultaneity .Thank you , Paul...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Paul,The effect of the little brown bottle is transient . . . . measured in minutes at best. Viagra, on the other hand, is a different story. Plus, there can be extenuating circumstances. For instance, drug-drug interactions with Viagra and... Read more »

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I'm taking Combivir and Vircept. I was told i can't use Viagra and now i am told i can if its .25 mg. Anyone know for sure. A buddy gave me some for x-mas an they are 50 mg, i don't want to mess up with my meds.

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