How To Take Viagra Connect?

  • The recommended dose is one 50mg tablet taken with water around one hour before sexual activity. This is the best time to take Viagra Connect.
  • The maximum recommended dosing frequency is once per day. If Viagra Connect is taken with food, the onset of activity may be delayed compared to the fasted state.
  • Do not take Viagra Connect unless you have problems achieving or maintaing erections.

Medicines Not Suitable to Take with Viagra Connect

  • Nitrates or any medication (nicorandil or other nitric oxide donors e.g. glyceryl trinitrate, isosorbide mononitrate or isosorbide dinitrate) for chest pain
  • Drugs called ‘poppers’ for recreational purposes
  • Riociguat or other guanylate cyclase stimulators for lung problems
  • Ritonavir (for HIV infection)
  • Any CYP3A4 inhibitors, e.g. saquinavir to treat HIV infection, cimetidine for heartburn, itraconazole or ketoconazole, erythromycin or rifampicin or diltiazem
  • Any alpha-blockers, such as alfuzosin, doxazosin or tamsulosin, which are medicines to treat urinary problems due to enlarged prostate or occasionally to treat high blood pressure

Do Not Take Viagra Connect If Any Of The Following Conditions Apply

  • Allergies to sildenafil or any of the other ingredients
  • Hypotension (low blood pressure)
  • Any liver or kidney impairment/disease
  • Patients with a physical deformation of the penis
  • Loss of vision in 1 eye because of non- arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy
  • An inherited eye disease such as retinitis pigmentosa
  • Any bleeding issues (e.g. haemophilia) or active stomach ulcers
  • Galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose- galactose malabsorption
  • Breathlessness or chest pains with light or moderate physical activity, such as walking briskly for 20 minutes or climbing 2 flights of stairs
  • Men who have been advised against sexual activity because of a cardiovascular problem
  • A recent history of stroke or myocardial infarction (heart attack)
  • Increased susceptibility to vasodilators include those with left ventricular outflow obstruction (e.g. aortic stenosis), or those with the rare syndrome of multiple system atrophy manifesting as severely impaired autonomic control of blood pressure