Your Doctor Discussion Guide

What Your Doctor Needs to Know About You.
Perhaps this is your first time talking about changes in erections, but you can be sure your doctor has had this discussion before. So relax. And use this Discussion Guide to start the conversation.

Your doctor should know:
  1. About your medical conditions, including:
    High blood pressure
    High cholesterol
    Diabetes
    Other__________________

  2. What medicines you are taking:
    ______________________________

    ______________________________

    ______________________________

  3. If you've had any surgeries recently

  4. Any changes in health since your last doctor visit:
    _____________________________________________
Your Next Steps:
  1. Make an appointment to see your doctor.
  2. Print this Discussion Guide and the voucher included in this site, then go ask your doctor about LEVITRA.
  3. If your doctor decides LEVITRA is right for you, he or she should apply the free trial voucher to your prescription.
Conversation starters:
  1. Could changes in my erections be related to diabetes, high cholesterol, or high blood pressure?
  2. Can LEVITRA help improve my erections?
  3. Is LEVITRA safe to take with my current medications?
Please see Important Safety and Dosing Information below.





Important Safety and Dosing Information

LEVITRA is a prescription medicine that is used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). Men taking nitrate drugs, often used to control chest pain (also known as angina), should not take LEVITRA. Such combinations could cause blood pressure to drop to an unsafe level.

As with all ED drugs, there is a rare risk of an erection lasting longer than four hours. To avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical attention. LEVITRA does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases. In rare instances, men taking PDE5 inhibitors (oral erectile dysfunction medicine, including LEVITRA) reported a sudden decrease or loss of vision in one or both eyes, or a sudden loss or decrease in hearing, sometimes with ringing in the ears and dizziness. It is not possible to determine whether these events are related directly to these medicines or to other factors. If you experience any of these symptoms, stop taking PDE5 inhibitors, including LEVITRA, and call a doctor right away.

Discuss your medical conditions, including heart problems, and medications, including alpha blockers prescribed for prostate problems or high blood pressure, with your doctor to ensure LEVITRA is right for you and that you are healthy enough for sexual activity. LEVITRA is not recommended for men with uncontrolled high blood pressure.

The starting dose of LEVITRA is 10 mg taken no more than once per day. Your doctor will decide the dose that is right for you. In patients taking alpha blockers, your doctor may start you on a lower dose of LEVITRA. In patients taking certain medications such as ritonavir, indinavir, saquinavir, atazanavir, ketoconazole, itraconazole, erythromycin and clarithromycin, lower doses of LEVITRA are recommended, and time between doses of LEVITRA may need to be extended.

In clinical trials, the most commonly reported side effects were headache, flushing, and stuffy or runny nose. LEVITRA is available in 2.5-mg, 5-mg, 10-mg, and 20-mg tablets.

Please see complete Prescribing Information for 2.5-mg, 5-mg, 10-mg, and 20-mg LEVITRA ® (vardenafil HCl).
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