There are certain health risks that must be taken into consideration while taking any type of erectile dysfunction medication that works on PDE5 inhibitor strategy. If a man has been advised not to have any sexual activity due to underlying cardiovascular status, he should not take any erectile dysfunction treatment including Viagra. It has systemic vasodilatory properties which results in transient decrease in supine blood pressure. Patients with underlying cardiovascular disease could be affected adversely by such vasodilatory effects.
Following core conditions can be particularly sensitive to the actions of vasodilators including Viagra:

• Those with left ventricular outflow obstruction like aortic stenosis, idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis and
• Those with severely impaired autonomic control of blood pressure.

There is another concern related to Viagra usage that should be taken care of. Most of the time Viagra is used by the elderly people aged 60 and above. This is the age when the heart diseases start troubling their life. In case of an emergency of heart attack the patient must let his doctor know that he is using Viagra. Cardiologist says that taking erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra with any drug that contains nitroglycerin is like playing with your life.

Viagra and other similar medicines lower blood pressure to relax muscles. The same effect occurs when Nitroglycerine is taken; it also lowers blood pressure to an extent. When both Viagra and Nitroglycerine are combined, the combination becomes deadly as it really drops the blood pressure to an extent that may further lead to circulatory collapse.

Taking any medicine for erectile dysfunction is a very private matter. But it may risk a life; you should at least let your doctor know about it. More importantly, other then heart problems, Nitroglycerin are also used for diabetes and other diseases. So it is very important to make conscious effort in avoiding the concurrent use of both the drugs. Nevertheless, the duo makes things more complex when Viagra is taken within 24 hours of taking nitroglycerin.

Make sure that at least one family member knows about your Viagra use and never hesitate to let the paramedics and your doctors know about the ED drug. It may turn into a decisive factor in a situation of life and death.

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