Information of Sildenafil:

SildenafiI t has been estimated that impotence (erectile dysfunction, ED) affects 140 million men worldwide. Over half of all men with impotence are thought to have some physical (medical) cause. The remainder is believed to have psychogenic causes of impotence. Medical causes of impotence include diabetes and circulatory, neurological, or urological conditions.

Penile erection is caused by the enlargement of the penis with blood. This enlargement occurs when the blood vessels delivering blood to the penis increase the delivery of blood and the blood vessels carrying blood away from the penis decrease the removal of blood. Under normal conditions, sexual stimulation leads to the production and release of nitric oxide in the penis. Nitric oxide then activates the enzyme, guanylate cyclase, which causes the production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). It is the cGMP that is primarily responsible for the erection by affecting the amount of blood that the blood vessels deliver and remove from the penis.

Description of Sildenafil:

Sildenafil also reduces the pressure in the pulmonary artery in a serious condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Sildenafil inhibits an enzyme called phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) which destroys the cGMP. Thus, sildenafil prevents the destruction of cGMP and allows cGMP to accumulate and persist longer. The longer cGMP persists, the more prolonged the engorgement of the penis.

STORAGE: Tablets should be kept at room temperature, 15- 30 C (59-86 F).

PRESCRIBED FOR: Sildenafil is used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction of either organic, (medical condition) or psychogenic (psychological) cause and for pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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