What You Need to Know About Viagra and Alcohol.
One-third of adult males have erectile dysfunction (ED) at some time in their life. Many of those guys eventually turn to ED prescription medicines like Viagra for relief. Every drug includes various negative effects and cautions regarding taking the medication with alcohol. Because Viagra is not a daily medicine, it does not accumulate in the blood, therefore adverse effects wear off as the medication exits the body.
Common Viagra and Alcohol Side Effects
Headaches
The most prevalent adverse effect of Viagra (and other ED medicines) is headaches. This is because ED drugs act by dilation of your blood vessels, increasing blood flow. This occurs not only in the penis but throughout the body. About 25% of men who take Viagra get headaches.
Flushed Skin
Because the skin on the face is thin, between 10 to 19% of men who use Viagra experience flushing around the nose, cheeks, and forehead. The flushing decreases when the drug wears off.
Nasal Congestion
After using Viagra, between four and nine percent of men have nasal congestion. This, like headaches, is caused by the enlargement of blood vessels, which causes nasal blockage.
Muscle Aches
Back discomfort and muscular pains have also been observed in males after using Viagra. In two to four percent of men after using Viagra, the severity varies from minor pain to more obvious pain in a specific place such as the lower back.
Mild dizziness or blurred vision
Because of the small fall in blood pressure that occurs when blood vessels widen, some men suffer minor dizziness, especially when standing quickly. The dizziness will subside as your body adjusts to the drug. This abrupt reduction in blood pressure can have serious long-term health consequences in individuals with cardiovascular disease or high blood pressure.
With higher doses, Viagra can produce vision-related adverse effects such as blurred vision, altered vision, and sudden loss of vision.
Nausea or Digestion
The smooth muscle in the penis begins to relax, allowing blood flow to rise. The lower esophageal sphincter, which connects the stomach to the esophagus, likewise has smooth muscle. When this muscle relaxes, a little quantity of stomach acid can make its way up into the esophagus, producing heartburn or indigestion.
Between two and three percent of men who use Viagra experience nausea quickly after taking each dose, with symptoms subsiding as the medication wears off.
Drinking alcohol while using Viagra may increase negative side effects.
Excessive alcohol use has its own detrimental impacts on your health, including but not limited to disorientation or cloudy thinking, irregular pulse, and high blood pressure.
Although drinking alcohol while taking Viagra or other ED drugs is not encouraged, a little amount of alcohol (up to two cans of beer or two glasses of wine) on evenings you plan to take Viagra is unlikely to have any harmful side effects. The most serious concern of combining Viagra and alcohol, like with other ED drugs, is that alcohol constricts blood vessels, whereas Viagra works by relaxing blood vessels, implying that alcohol may cancel out the drug's beneficial benefits. Men who consume an excessive amount of alcohol while using Viagra are more prone to get headaches.
Some alcoholic beverages might further exacerbate the negative effects of Viagra. For example, if you are gluten-sensitive, drinking beer with Viagra may aggravate flushing. Grapefruit juice-based cocktails, such as Greyhounds, Palomas, Brown Derbies, Sea Breezes, and various margaritas and mojitos, improve the bioavailability of sildenafil, the active component in Viagra, boosting its effectiveness and negative effects; these drinks should be avoided when taking Viagra.
The effects of Viagra can be countered by mixing it with alcohol.
Mixing Viagra with Alcohol has additional side effects on the body that may reduce the drug's effectiveness. Excessive alcohol intake can negate the benefits of Viagra, making it more difficult to obtain and sustain an erection when aroused (the very reason you take the medicine) or, worse, causing alcohol-induced erectile dysfunction. Alcohol can also reduce the body's testosterone levels, limiting your interest and stopping you from being aroused. Alcohol addiction or binge drinking can raise a man's chance of having a heart attack, and using Viagra at the same time increases that risk even more.
When evaluating if Viagra or other ED treatments are suitable for you, talk to your doctor about your alcohol usage and other prescriptions.
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One-third of adult males have erectile dysfunction (ED) at some time in their life. Many of those guys eventually turn to ED prescription medicines like Viagra for relief. Every drug includes various negative effects and cautions regarding taking the medication with alcohol. Because Viagra is not a daily medicine, it does not accumulate in the…