Exploring the impact of Viagra tablets on the erectile dysfunction market.

Any man who is said to be suffering from impotence or erectile dysfunction, as it is known in the medical parlance, is that man who is struggling to maintain or can’t get an erection that is strong enough to achieve sexual penetration or satisfaction, even while still sexually aroused.

A problem that has existed since time immemorial, impotence is viewed as a normal thing when it occurs occasionally. However it becomes an issue when the frequency of occurrence of the erectile problem becomes high. Unlike other sexual dysfunctions – like weak libido, premature ejaculation, ejaculatory anhedonia – which are usually accompanied by sexual consummation – erectile dysfunction confers the inability to have sex on a sufferer.

ED is a common problem whose incidence increases with age, as statistically proven. According to the given figure of 10 to 15 million people suffering from ED in the United States, about 75 percent of people from 80 years of age and above experiencing this condition swell this figure. This is a far cry in comparison to the slightly less than 4 percent of males between the ages of 30 to 45, approximately 7 percent between the ages of 45 and 55 years, about 18 percent at 65, who are affected by ED.

On the basis of commencement time, impotence can be classified as either primary or secondary. A man is said to be suffering from primary impotence when his genitals are faulty, and this is usually a congenital problem, e.g. as typically found in eunuchoid gigantism. Secondary impotence, by contrast, usually occurs when a man suddenly loses his erectile ability, either during adolescence or adulthood.

According to experts, most impotent cases usually have underlying medical conditions, and the tendency for the condition to become severe is usually enhanced when psychological factors are involved.
In the past, several types of physical methods were employed to treat impotence. Such methods included the injection of a drug – commonly used is prostaglandin E1 – in the corpus cavernosum of the penis of men who were impotent (intracorporeal pharmotherapy), drugs that were administered through the oral or topical routes, etc. Because most of these treatment methods produced little satisfactory results (prolong use of the injection could cause scarring of the penis, the side effects and drug interactions of the oral and topical drugs were not well known, to mention but a few), they were not popular choices then.
The advent of Viagra tablets in 1998, however, as the first drug to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as the oral treatment of choice for ED, heralded a new dawn.
A drug whose discovery could be described as serendipitous, Viagra tablets have proved to be groundbreaking, especially when the areas of side effects and interactions with other drugs and convenience of use are considered.
Such is the volume known about this drug that anyone who buys Viagra online, for instance, knows that he is buying a phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE 5) enzyme inhibitor.
Also, sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in Viagra is known to produce common side effects like facial flushing, headache, dyspepsia, etc.
Sildenafil citrate is known to potentiate the hypotensive effects of nitrates when used with nitrates-containing drugs to boot.
Furthermore, when a man suffering from hypertension buys Viagra cheap, a consultation with his doctor would make him understand why he needs to take his anti-hypertension drugs, typically alpha blockers, four hours apart from taking his Viagra tablets.
Real genuine Viagra tablets are manufactured and distributed exclusively by Pfizer Inc., the biggest drug maker in the world.