Description
This medicine works by relaxing the blood vessels in your penis, allowing blood to flow into your penis when you get sexually excited and causing an erection
- Suitable for adults aged 18 years and over
- You must talk to a doctor if you have taken the medicine as directed and were not able to get or keep an erection firm enough for sex
DO NOT USE
- if you do not have an erection problem
- if you take any nitrate medicine for chest pain or heart failure
- if you take amyl nitrite, so called “poppers” as recreational drugs
- if you take riociguat (or other guanylate cyclase stimulators) for high blood pressure in the lungs (see “Other medicines and VIAGRA CONNECT”)
- if you take ritonavir for the treatment of HIV
- if you have been advised by your doctor to avoid sexual activity because of a problem with your heart or blood vessels
- if you have a severe heart problem such as a recent heart attack or stroke (within the last 6 months), unstable angina (chest pain) or severe cardiac failure (reduced pumping capacity of the heart)
- if you have a severe liver problem
- if you have low blood pressure (below 90/50 mmHg) which can cause symptoms such as tiredness, dizziness, light-headedness, feeling sick, clammy skin, depression, loss of consciousness, or blurry vision
- if you have ever had severe vision loss because of nerve damage in the eyes, such as non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION); or have a rare inherited eye disease, such as retinitis pigmentosa
- if you have a deformed penis
- if you are a woman
- if you are allergic to sildenafil or any of the other ingredients of this medicine
- more than 1 tablet a day
- with grapefruit or grapefruit juice, because this can affect how the medicine works
Please ensure the user has read and understood all relevant information for managing their medical condition on NHS UK Conditions and understands the patient info leaflet (in particular sections 2, 3 and 4) before using this product. If unsure about anything this should be discussed with their GP before using the product.
Please read the Patient Information Leaflet for the full details.
