Viagra or sildenafil as medical name and Levitra or vardenafil are prescription drugs for treating certain sexual disorder in men, called Erectile Dysfunction (ED) or impotence. ED is the condition when mans penis is not able to provide the erection, what makes the sexual intercourse impossible.
Viagra and Levitra are the medications, helping to restore the penis sexual performance. There are certain similarities as well as differences between these drugs and knowing them may be of great help for those, suffering from ED and looking for the most suitable treatment option.
Actually after comparison of Viagra and Levitra, it appeared to be more similarities than differences between these two brands. Both pills have similar mechanism of acting, resulting in the increased blood flow into the penis. Viagra as well as Levitra should be taken in 1 hour before sex and both pills stay effective in organism for 4 hours. Though there is information that Levitra can start working in 30 minutes and stay affective for 24 hours, so it is not recommended to take more than 1 pill a day.
The side effects of Levitra and Viagra are also practically the same: headache, flushing, stuffy or runny nose, though none of these effects made patients to stop taking pills. Potentially both pills may cause the priapism - condition when the erection lasts longer than 4 hours. In case of priapism, patients should call for a doctor immediately.
Viagra and Levitra should not be taken in combination with nitrates - medications, used to relieve the chest pain. Moreover Levitra should not be taken with grapefruit or grapefruit juice, as it can cause serious side effects.
Speaking about differences between Viagra and Levitra, I would say that they mostly concern marketing and promotional items than pharmaceutical. There are two significant differences, which can be treated as medical: patients should not take Viagra simultaneously with food or drinks as it can influence the effectiveness of the pill, while Levitra has no such restrictions.
The other important point is the volume of working agent in pills: Viagra is available in 25, 50 or 100 mg doses, while Levitra is offered in 2.5, 5, 10 or 20 mg pills. In case the effectiveness of pills is similar, some people may prefer to use lesser doses of medicines.
All the other differences between Viagra and Levitra are pure marketing. Viagra is available on the market for 7 years (since 1998), so more than 20 millions of men around the world tried it, many clinical tests and studies took place on this medicine. Levitra appeared in 2003 and its manufacturers used quite aggressive advertising to occupy its share of the market.
Levitra is sometimes advertised in the internet as the recreational drug, meaning that it can be taken not only by people with Erectile Dysfunction, but those who simply want to improve the quality of erection and get more sexual satisfaction.
Finally I would like to underline that Levitra is the representative of new generation of ED pills, while Viagra is the first pills, approved by FDA as the oral ED treatment.
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