Has anyone tried Levitra?

[Guest Tristan]

Levitra recently appeared on the market, competing with Viagra. The two drugs work very much the same way. In both cases, you take them one hour before and they last for about four hours. The side effects are also supposedly similar. Some research on men who did not benefit from Viagra indicates that Levitra worked better on a significant percentage of them, giving them a harder erection than Viagra. Has anyone tried it yet? Has anyone tried both and is able to compare the effects of the two drugs?

[langster]

Yes, I have tried the new Levitra and it did seem to work a little better for me. It worked quicker and it had no side effects on me other than a little flushing when it kicked in. But it effects everyone different. The new drug Cialis was approved last week by Food and Drug, can't wait to try it out. It is suppose to last up to 36 hrs and takes 20 min. to kick in, not an hour like "V" and Levitra.:+

[shy]

you might want to add the third ed drug in your question, just approved by the fda last week and already in some pharmacies, should be available in all pharmacies within a week or two - cialas. this drug is reported to have less side affects than the other two, plus it is good for 36 hrs, versus 4 or so the other two are good for. in the interest of full disclosure, i own shares in icos pharmaceutical, who developed the drug, in collaberation with eli lilly.;-)

[Mac Star]

Yes, I've tried it. It's good for producing an erection - the first time I tried it, my escort was laughing at how hard I was 2 minutes into our encounter.

 

The side effects, though, were pretty strong, and they set in after an hour or more and lasted for about 8 hours: total head congestion and splitting headache. Both are documented side effects; not everybody gets them.

 

I tried halving the dosage my doctor prescribed and I got a reasonable erection with the same side effects, but not as bad.

 

I'm interested to see how Cialis works. I posted a note about it a month or two ago, but no one responded.

[Guest Tristan]

How many mgs of Levitra did you start with before you took a half dosage? Had you tried Viagra before that?

 

As for Cialis, I believe the Europeans have been using it for some time, and the French refer to it as "la weekend drug" (don't know how to say this in French).

[buckguy]

How do the prices for these new drugs compare with Viagra?

[Laurent]

The French use the English word "weekend" exactly as we do. They do, however, use the masculine "le" instead of the feminine "la" with it.

[Guest lookin4lust]

>How do the prices for these new drugs compare with Viagra?

 

The least expensive price I was able to find online was about 80.00 for 4 20mg pills. The usual dosage is 10mg. Since 10mg costs the same, buy the 20mg and cut them in half. Buying from Canada is the cheapest, but you need a prescription. Other sites have their own physicians who approve the purchase online.

[Guest showme43]

a 36 hour hardon? OUCH!!!!:7

[Guest Tristan]

I don't buy prescriptions off the Net, but just for interest sake I checked the prices on drugstore.com. The price for the standard dose of Levitra (10mg) is $87.99/10 tablets. As usual, the more you buy, the more you save. Out of curiosity, I checked the standard dose of Viagra (20mg). What do you know? They're exactly the same price. Talking about remaining competitive. Now we can wait and see how much they want for the new miracle drug, Cialis - le weekend drug.

[Mac Star]

>How many mgs of Levitra did you start with before you took a

>half dosage? Had you tried Viagra before that?

 

 

Started with 20 mgs of Levitra, reduced to 10. If I take Viagra, it's 50 mg, a hardon and a headache, but never the violent congestion, even when the doctor tried me at first on 100 mgs of Viagra.

 

Well, I don't mean that "the doctor tried me," but you get the picture.

[Guest lookin4lust]

The drug prices I was referring to was for Cialis.

[dick_nyc]

Found this article on WebMD about the different drugs now that Cialis is approved:

 

Longer-Lasting Erection Drug Approved

 

Cialis Works Longer Than Viagra and Levitra

 

By Daniel DeNoon

WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD

on Friday, November 21, 2003

 

 

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Nov. 21, 2003 -- Look out, America, here comes "Le Weekend." That's what the French are calling the newest erectile dysfunction drug approved by the FDA.

 

 

It's called Cialis -- pronounced "SEE-Alice." Like Viagra and Levitra, it doesn't make a man's penis erect. Instead, the drugs make it possible for a man who's had trouble getting and keeping erections to have one when he's sexually aroused.

 

 

Viagra starts working in about half an hour, and its effect lasts for about four hours. Levitra has about the same window of effect. Cialis gets to work a bit faster -- a third of men respond in 15 minutes -- but lasts for 36 to 48 hours in some men (but by no means all).

 

 

Urologist Gerald Brock, MD, associate professor at St. Joseph's Health Center in London, Ontario, is past chairman of the Canadian Male Sexual Health Council. He's treated many patients with Viagra and, in clinical trials, with Cialis and Levitra.

 

 

"Cialis will be an important addition to the way we treat men with erectile dysfunction," Brock tells WebMD. "It provides an opportunity for many men to take a pill and have a window of opportunity that extends 36-48 hours where they will have a significant improvement in their sexual function."

 

Cialis is manufactured by Eli Lilly and Co. and ICOS Corp. Lilly is a WebMD sponsor.

 

There's another important difference between the three drugs. Viagra takes longer to work if taken after a high-fat meal. Cialis and Levitra can be taken on a full stomach regardless of what you've eaten.

 

 

Chad Ritenour, MD, teaches urology at Atlanta's Emory University. He says lots of patients will want to try the new drug.

 

 

"I tell patients it is going to be like Pepsi vs. Coke -- get ready for the advertising blitz," Ritenour tells WebMD. "But I don't think anybody can say one works better than the other. Each drug probably will work better for some patients than for others."

 

 

How They Work

 

 

All three drugs work the same way. They block an enzyme called PDE-5, a natural chemical that's part of the chain of chemical messages that tell a man's erection to go away. Brock says that there's more PDE-5 in the penis than in other areas of the body, so the drugs have a pretty specific effect.

 

 

However, Viagra and Levitra sometimes block a sister chemical -- PDE-6 -- that affects color vision. Some men report a slight bluish tinge to their vision; some become more sensitive to light. These effects go away in a few hours. Cialis doesn't seem to have this effect.

 

 

Cialis has a different side effect. It blocks PDE-11, which is found in many parts of the body including the smooth muscles of the internal organs, the heart, skeletal muscles, the pituitary gland, and in the germ cells of the testes. So far, Cialis seems to have no harmful effect on these tissues. But PDE-11 may be involved in Cialis' most troublesome side effect: Back pain. According to a spokesperson for Lilly ICOS, back pain was reported by 5% of patients taking 10 mg of Cialis and 6% at the 20 mg dose. Patients taking placebo reported back pain 3% of the time.

 

 

Which one do men like best? In a recent head-to-head-to-head study of all three drugs taken at the recommended starting dose by men with erectile dysfunction:

 

 

47% preferred Levitra.

34% preferred Viagra.

19% preferred Cialis.

 

 

 

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SOURCES: Gerald Brock, MD, associate professor, St. Joseph's Health Center, London, Ontario. Chad Ritenour, MD, professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. Gresser, U. and Gleiter, C.H. European Journal of Clinical Research, Oct. 29, 2002; vol 7: pp 435-446. WebMD Medical News: "Impotence Drugs Duke It Out."

 

 

 

© 2003 WebMD Inc. All rights reserved.

[giovoni]

>Cialis has a different side effect. It blocks PDE-11, which is

>found in many parts of the body including the smooth muscles

>of the internal organs, the heart, skeletal muscles, the

>pituitary gland, and in the germ cells of the testes. So far,

>Cialis seems to have no harmful effect on these tissues. But

>PDE-11 may be involved in Cialis' most troublesome side

>effect: Back pain. According to a spokesperson for Lilly ICOS,

>back pain was reported by 5% of patients taking 10 mg of

>Cialis and 6% at the 20 mg dose. Patients taking placebo

>reported back pain 3% of the time.

 

I wonder if you only get back pain after having sex all weekend using all those back muscles. The last rep I talked to didn't know and blushed when I asked ... .. Also what isn't so fun about Cialis is of course if you happen to get side effects you have them all weekend instead of just four hours as in the other two drugs.

 

Gio in Denver

[taylorky]

whoa $80.00 to get wood 4 or maybe 8 times!!!

 

what a racket.

[FrancoDiSantisxxx]

Free Drugs

 

Levitra has been running full page ads in daily newspapers offering 3 free pills (any size) for NEW prescriptions. Unlike the Viagra advertisements, where they advertise free pills, which are actually samples provided to the doctors, this appears to actually be a coupon to be coupled with a scrip, as a second scrip is required for refills.

 

Viagra continues to promote their free samples, but these run predominantly in sports publications and the like.