When taking any medication, you should understand it.

• One approach is to focus on the result of taking the drug and the possible negative side effects.
• The other approach is to learn about what it is doing physiologically.

Ultimately, simply understanding the effect of the drug is all that’s needed. However, diving a little deeper and understanding the mechanism may be helpful for patients. Levitra Soft is intended to be taken by placing it under the tongue, where it dissolves. The active ingredient in this medication, vardenafil 20mg, then moves directly into the bloodstream. After about seven minutes, it has risen to a therapeutic dose within the blood stream and the patient should be ready!

Levitra pills vs Levitra soft

There is no difference in the ultimate effect of Levitra versus Levitra Soft, but the soft version offers some practical advantages. It is faster acting. Levitra typically takes around fifteen minutes versus five to seven for Levitra soft. It can be more discrete. Popping a pill under the tongue is less obvious than finding a glass of water and gulping it down. Finally, some people simply don’t well tolerate taking hard pills. Patients of Levitra understand that this medication increases blood flow to the penis, allowing an erection.

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How its works

The remarkable thing about this drug is that this increase in blood flow happens only upon sexual stimulation. The corpora cavernosa ( translated: big cave-like thing) is where blood flows to cause an erection. Sexual stimulation causes a series of neurological and physiological events. The net impact is that a lot of blood flows into and is kept in the caves. To illustrate how extreme this change is, consider the localized oxygen pressure in the penis. Without an erection, it is about 35 mm Hg. During an erection, it climbs to around 90 to 100, almost triple. Filling the caves is complicated. A key step in the vasodilation which increases blood flow involves increasing an enzyme called cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP). As with most physiological processes, a counter mechanism exists. In this case, it’s PDE5. Levitra blocks PDE5. So PDE5 does not decrease cGMP. So better vasodilation happens. So the caves get filled. The brilliant thing about this mechanism is that the both cGMP and PDE5 are dependent upon sexual stimulation. This means that Levitra and Levitra Soft can enable an erection during sexual stimulation while having no effect without stimulation.

Conclusion

If you are considering Levitra as a therapy for erectile dysfunction, this quick summary is a very basic overview. There can be several causes for dysfunction so proper diagnosis is critical. If you are considering using Levitra Soft as an alternative to standard Levitra, you should understand that there is no therapeutic difference and it is largely a question of your lifestyle and personal circumstance.

Alexander Pretorius

Medical Practitioner (General Practice) with postgraduate diplomas in Cape Town. My special interest is erectile dysfunction.