Levitra Data

(Vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate)

This leaflet will shed light on a few of the reoccurring questions concerning LEVITRA. There is more available information on LEVITRA outside of what is contained in this leaflet. This leaflet cannot replace consulting your pharmacist or doctor. There are pro’s and con’s to taking any medication. Your doctor can measure the balance  positive expectations of your LEVITRA use and negative risks. LEVITRA is a proscription drug and requires medical supervision. Go to you doctor or pharmacist about any and all concerns you have about taking this medicine. This leaflet may need to be consulted again, keep it stored with your medicine.

Levitra is used to aid men with erectile dysfunction (a.k.a impotence). Men with erectile dysfunction lack the capacity to achieve or sustain a firm erect penis for sexual relations. Vardenafil (in the form of vardenafil hydrochloride trihydrate) is an active ingredient in LEVITRA. Vardenafil is a type of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor. These free blood flow into the penis by relaxing blood vessels when sexually stimulated, thus producing a natural erection.

LEVITRA will not boost sex drive nor will it work unless you are sexually stimulated.

Women should not use LEVITRA.

LEVITRA tablets are non-habit forming.

Glyceryl trinitrate (a.k.a nitroglycerine) is considered a nitrate medicine. Nitrate pills are often sold a trade name:

• Glytrin Spray
• Minitran patches
• Angina tablets
• Rectogesic ointment
• Transiderm-Nitro patches
• Nitrocor patches
• Nitrolingual pump spray
• Nitroderm TTS patches
• Nitro-Dur patches

Sodium nitroprusside, isosorbide mononitrate, and isosorbide dinitrate are also nitrate medicines. Trade names for Isosorbide mononitrate tablets.

• ISMO 20
• Duride
• Imtrate SR
• Corangin
• Imdur Durules
• Monodur
• Isomonit

Trade names for Isorobide dinitrate tablets:

• Sorbidin
• Coronex
• Isordil

There may be other unlisted trade names.

If you are a user of the unsanctioned drug amyl nitrate (a.k.a ‘poppers’, ‘rush’, or amyl), refrain from taking LEVITRA.

Alpha-blockers, like terazosin, tamsuloin, and prazosin, are used to treat high blood pressure and an enlarged prostate. Alpha-blockers should not be used with LEVITRA.

Do not mix LEVITRA with other erectile dysfunction treatments.

If you have allergic reactions to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors, vardenfil, or any ingredient that makes up a LEVITRA tablet, refrain from using LEVITRA. LEVITRA ingredients are listed at the bottom of this leaflet. Trouble breathing, skin rash, and itching are all symptoms of an allergic reaction.

Women, children, and growing adolescents should not be given LEVITRA.

If the date printed on your pack of LEVITRA expires, discontinue use of the tablets. You can find the expiration date both on the label of the carton and on the strip of tablets. Your tablets, as an example, expire on November of 2005 if the label reads 11 05.

If the packaging is ripped or shows signs of being tampered with, avoid usage of the tablets.

Inform your doctor:

• of any and all allergies that you may have, including food, preservatives, or dyes. Your doctor will need to know if you have allergies to any of LEVITRA’s ingredients, such as vardenafil or any other medications you have taken in the past.
• if you have any blood vessel or heart complications
• if you have ever been the victim of a stroke or heart attack
• if you have any kidney or liver complications
• if you are living with leukemia (a.k.a. blood cell cancer)
• if you are living with multiple myeloma (a.k.a. bone marrow cancer)
• if you possess any penile diseases or abnormalities
• if your blood pressure is low
• if you are living with sickle cell anemia
• if you are a victim of stomach ulcers
• if you have retinitis pigmentosa, a very serious eye condition
• if you are currently using any other impotency treatments

Be sure, if you have not already, to inform you pharmacist or doctor of any of these conditions prior to using LEVITRA.

If you are treating angina with nitric oxide donor medicines or nitrate, avoid using LEVITRA.

Your doctor must know of every other form of medication that you are currently using, whether it is prescription or non-prescription.

There are certain medicines that LEVITRA may have an affect on or the other way around. Example:

• the fungal infections treatments itraconazole and ketoconazole
• the antibiotic erythromycin
• protease inhibitors for treating HIV infection, including ritonavir and indinavir
• alpha-blockers, used in enlarged prostate and high blood pressure treatment, like areterazosin, tamsulosin, and prazosin.

Your doctor should be able to advise you if you need to change your medication or take a different dosage. The are other drugs that don’t mix will with LEVITRA, see you doctor for a more complete list.

If you are not certain that you are taking any form of these medications, ask you doctor.

The amount frequency to take LEVITRA will be determined by your doctor. Obey you doctor or pharmacist’s instructions with care. This leaflet may give you contradicting information.

The dosage can be as much as 20mg and as little as 5mg. You doctor will prescribe you dosage specific to your individual response and condition.

Never take more than one LEVITRA dosage per day.

Swallow the tablet with your dosage, whole, with a glass of water approximately ½ to 1 hour before you wish to involve yourself in sexual activity.

For a natural response to LEVITRA, sexual stimulation is required.

Food is not required for taking LEVITRA.

LEVITRA can be taken from 15 mins to 5 hours prior to sex. Though it usually take 25 to 60 minutes, LEVITRA begins working at varying times depending on the person.

Contact your doctor or pharmacist if you are unsure of anything.

Request help from you pharmacist if you have difficulty remembering when to take your medication.

Contact your doctor or the Poisons Info Center (Australia: 13 11 26, New Zealand 0800 POISON or 0800 764 766) without delay. Either that or rush to your nearest hospital’s accident or emergency department. Follow this procedure regardless of whether there are clear signs of poisoning or discomfort.

While using LEVITRA, refrain from using the amyl nitrite (a.k.a ‘poppers’, ‘amyl’, ‘rush’), an unregistered.

Do not take any nitrate medications if you suffer an angina attack in the midst of using LEVITRA. You must contact you doctor without delay and be sure they know you are using LEVITRA.

Never take more the one LEVITRA dose daily. Contact your doctor if your LEVITRA dosage dose not help you achieve or maintain an erection long enough for sex.

Even if another person has you same condition, you must not give your LEVITRA tablets to anyone else.

The capacity to achieve an erect penis can be temporarily injured by alcohol intake. Drink smaller amounts of alcohol before sex in order to reduce that handicap.

Until you know how your body reacts to LEVITRA, be very cautious while operating vehicles or machinery. Some patients react to taking LEVITRA with dizziness or faintness; it can be made worse by alcohol intake. Patients may not have the capacity to operate macinery or a vehicle while taking LEVITRA.

If LEVITRA begins making you feel ill, inform your doctor or pharmacist immediately. Though most men’s erectile dysfunction condition can be improved by LEVITRA, it can have undesired side effects. Most side effects are not serious, though they can be. Some of the more serious side effects may require medical treatment or discontinued use of the tablets. If you are aware of any of the following conditions, enough to worry you, contact your doctor:

• nausea
• flushing
• heartburn (dyspepsia)
• headache
• visual sensitivity to sunlight
• light-headedness or dizziness
• runny nose or a stuffy head
• high or low blood pressure
• rash
• abdominal or stomach pain
• muscles stiffness
• joint pains

LEVITRA has more, usually short-lived and mild, customary side effect. Any abnormally persistent erection may occur, extremely rarely. Seek medical help if you have a painful erection or one that maintains for over 4 hours.

Either contact your doctor or get to your nearest hospital’s accident and emergency department immediately it either of the following occurs:

• angina
• loss of consciousness
• severe chest pain
• heart beat becomes irregular

These serious side effects may require hospitalization or urgent medical care. Not all side effects are listed above, let you doctor know if you feel any other ailments.

This list of side affects is not cause for alarm, your body may not react this way.

Storage

Tablets may spoil sooner if removed from box or blister pack, so keep them packaged until time for usage.

Store tablets in a dry place with cool temperatures below 30°C. On hot days, avoid leaving tablets in a car. Never store medications, including LEVITRA, in a bathroom or near a faucet as warmth or moisture damages some medicines.

Store tablets out of children’s reach. It is a good idea to have a cupboard that can be locked sitting 1 ½ meters above the ground.

Disposal

Ask you doctor or pharmacist what to do with excess tablets if you are order to discontinue use or if they exceed the date of expiration.