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Viagra High Blood Pressure

Viagra is Pfizer Inc.'s blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug, which has been touted as a miracle drug in the past. However, recent studies and forthcoming lawsuits have shown the side effects of Viagra to be more serious than previously thought. There is an ongoing list of side effects of Viagra: high blood pressure, vision loss, cardiovascular distress, etc.

In a study conducted by Drs. Peter Sun and Ralph Swindle from the Eli Lilly Research Laboratory in Indianapolis, the doctors confirmed findings from earlier studies that erectile dysfunction, treated with Viagra, is a risk factor for high blood pressure.

A blood pressure of 140/90 or higher is considered high blood pressure. If one or both numbers are usually high, you have high blood pressure. If you are being treated for high blood pressure, you still have high blood pressure even if you have repeated readings in the normal range.

Other studies have shown a relationship between erectile dysfunction and high blood pressure and other cardiovascular conditions. Erectile dysfunction may be a marker for various forms of cardiovascular disease besides Viagra high blood pressure.

With research collected from data on 28 million people in 51 health insurance plans, the doctors found that 41 percent of the men with erectile dysfunction had high blood pressure, compared with only 19 percent of the men without the problem.

The doctors concluded that erectile dysfunction patients who have not been diagnosed with hypertension (high blood pressure) should monitor their blood pressure more closely because of the higher likelihood. Similarly, physicians and health plans could use erectile dysfunction as a hypertensive marker to detect and treat hypertensive patients earlier.

There is a relationship between high blood pressure and erectile dysfunction, and if a patient has erectile dysfunction but does not have high blood pressure, he should be monitored, because he is at high risk for developing high blood pressure with Viagra. If you have erectile dysfunction and have not been diagnosed with Viagra high blood pressure you should be evaluated for it.

If you have heart problems severe enough to make sexual activity a danger, you should avoid using Viagra. High blood pressure patients or those that have had a heart attack, stroke, or life-threatening heart irregularities within the past 6 months should avoid Viagra. Be equally cautious if you have severe high or low blood pressure, heart failure, or unstable angina. If you take Viagra and develop cardiac symptoms during sexual activity, do not continue. Alert your doctor to the problem as soon as possible.

Contact an experience Viagra attorney to learn more about Viagra high blood pressure.

More Viagra Resources

MedLine Plus Drug Information - Guide to prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia.

Viagra.com - Official site of Viagra, a product of Pfizer.