Do not take Viagra in case you are also taking a nitrate medication for chest ache or heart troubles. This includes nitroglycerin (Nitrostat, Nitrolingual, Nitro-Dur, Nitro-Bid, and others), isosorbide dinitrate (Dilatrate-SR, Isordil, Sorbitrate), and isosorbide mononitrate (Imdur, ISMO, Monoket). Nitrates are additionally present in a great deal of recreational medicine such as amyl nitrate or nitrite ("poppers"). Using Viagra with a nitrate medication can cause a severe lowering in blood pressure, resulting in fainting, stroke, or coronary heart attack.

When you have whichever of these conditions, your doctor may have to regulate the Viagra dose or arrange special exams: heart illness or heart rhythm problems; a recent chronicle (in the past six months) of a coronary heart attack, stroke, or heart rhythm dysfunction; congestive coronary heart failure; excessive or low blood pressure; coronary artery illness; liver or kidney disease; a blood cell dysfunction like sickle cell anemia, multiple myeloma, or leukemia; a bleeding dysfunction like hemophilia; a stomach ulcer; retinitis pigmentosa (an inherited condition of the eye); a bodily anomaly of the penis (like Peyronie's illness); or if in case you have been told you shouldn't have sexual activity for well being factors.

Viagra can decrease blood flow to the optic nerve of the eye, causing unexpected vision failure. This has occurred in a minor variety of patients taking Viagra, the greater part of whom additionally had heart illness, diabetic problems, hypertension, excessive ldl cholesterol, or certain pre-existing eye problems, and in those who smoke or are more than fifty years old. It isn't clear whether Viagra is the real reason behind vision loss.

Stop using Viagra and get emergency medical assistance when you have abrupt vision failure.