If you had a choice between two drugs for erectile dysfunction
- Cialis or Levitra, what would you go for. Probably your
decision would depend on your personality. If you are
the romantic type and want to have French "Le Weekend
pill", with the leisure to have sex any time in those
36 hours, you would go for Cialis. But, if you want to
have sex fast and furiously with a strong lasting erection,
Levitra is the drug for you. I put the question to Pierre,
65 and Andrew 54, two men with erectile dysfunction. Pierre
is French, while Andrew who comes from the other side
of the English Channel is British.
"There is no doubt, that Cialis
is the drug of choice for Erectile Dysfunction. If you
believe in love and romancing your partner, you will
surely go for it. It gives you the time to relax, talk
to your partner and go about sex in that unhurried way.
We are not machines you know" Pierre exclaimed
in that typical Gallic accent. But not for Andrew, "For
me and my partner, love is full of passion. So taking
a love pill like Levitra, which gives me a strong sustaining
erection, is what makes a difference. It lasts for a
good 4 hours and that is sufficient to have really high
quality sex." So here we had it even in Erectile
Dysfunction, the British versus Continental European
divide.
Hoping to bridge the divide I caught with Hans, a Swiss
national, 45, who exclaimed " It not only how long
each of these drugs work, there are also other factors
that make a difference like if a person is diabetic
or is the person has a 100% fat diet before sex ".
Now I know Swiss neutrality really works. So what are
all the other factors that make a difference? But before
that let us under stand erectile dysfunction and the
role of these drugs in treating it.
Erectile Dysfunction is defined as the inability of
the male to ensure and/or sustain an erection for satisfactory
sexual intercourse. Erectile dysfunction affects more
then 100 million men all over the world. Of these 30
million are estimated to be in the U.S itself. It is
estimated that 50% of the men over 40 suffer from erectile
dysfunction. But how do men get this disorder?. As a
man ages, a gradual subtle change also occurs in this
arteries - They become clogged, because of fat deposition
and lose their unique ability to contract and relax.
Thus most of the times they are in the contracted state
and therefore are not able to relax and ensure adequate
blood supply to the organs like the penis. The blood
vessels supplying to the penis are not able to dilate
because of low levels of nitric oxide, which is required
to dilate the blood vessels of the penis. The production
of nitric oxide require high levels of cyclic Guanosine
Monophosphate(cGMP). This enzyme is degraded by Phosphodiasterase-5(PDE-5).
The higher the levels of cGMP, the higher the levels
of nitric oxide and the stronger the erection. PDE-5
inhibitors act to block the enzyme PDE-5 and are thus
able to ensure erections.
The first PDE-5 to be launched in the market was Viagra,
way back in 1998. Today Viagra is the market leader,
though it's market share is gradually declining since
the launch of first Levitra
and then Cialis in the market. In fact in the very first
month of the launch of Levitra, it was able to garner
50% of the new prescriptions of erectile dysfunction.
The same for Cialis, not only was it able to grab a
18% market share, but in the US market is way ahead
of Levitra today.
Levitra which was launched jointly by Glaxo Smithkline
Beecham, Bayer and Schering Plough contains Vardenafil
which is the newest PDE-5 inhibitors. Researchers have
claimed that it induces more stronger and sustainable
erections. The most important thing about Levitra is
it's efficacy in diabetic patients. Diabetic men with
erectile dysfunction are the most difficult to treat.
However, with highly potent Levitra, diabetic men with
erectile dysfunction can lead normal lives. Levitra
acts barely within 16 minutes and is effective for 4
hours. But, any food eaten before sex will not have
any effect on it's action, as long as it does no contain
more than 85% fat. The PROVEN study has shown that Levitra
is effective not only in normal men with erectile dysfunction,
but also in men who have tried Viagra and failed, not
once but atleast 6 times. This study also showed that
diabetic men with erectile dysfunction could benefit
tremendously from Levitra. In fact patients of Coronory
heart disease will benefit from it considerably. But
Levitra also has it's share of side-effects like headaches,
flushing and rhinitis. Levitra is available in 4 strengths,
2.5mg, 5mg, 10mg and 20 mg.
Cialis from Lily-ICOS on the other hand contains Tadalafil,
also a PDE-5 inhibitor, which is responsible for ensuring
strong sustainable erections. The effect of a single
dose of Cialis lasts for 36 hours. This makes it a very
convenient drug for relaxed and spontaneous sex. In
France, Cialis is called
the week end pill. However Cialis has a longer onset
of action, which is 30 minutes, but the best thing is
that Cialis can be taken with a 100% fat diet with no
change in efficacy. Cialis also has some mild side-effects
Like headache, flushing and dyspepsia, mayalgia, etc.
Cialis is available in 2 strengths, 10 and 20 mg.
Clearly with longer duration of action, a minimum of
side-effects and lack of drug food interactions, clearly
Cialis is the winner, but there is no stopping those
who believe in the power and efficacy of Levitra. Those
who are interested in directly trying these drugs can
go the online websites and order tem directly.
More information on Levitra is available on Levitra.com.
For more online information on Cialis, go to Cialis.com.
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