Sildenafil is well tolerated by erectile dysfunction patients taking antihypertensive medications, including those on multidrug regimens

Current Drug Safety

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-8

  Böhm, Marko ^a   Burkart, Martin ^b   Baumann, Gert ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihypertensives; c GMP; Endothelium; Hypotonsion; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; SILDENAFIL;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FATIGUE; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34248182116     PISSN: 15748863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488607779315462     Document Type: Review

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