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ED medications and their characteristics

KIDERA Kenji

Tags ED, Erectile Dysfunction, medication

ED medications and their characteristics

Among the available ED (Erectile Dysfunction) medications today, there are 3 kinds: Viagra, Levitra (Main ingredient: Vardenafil hydrochloride hydrate), and Cialis (Main ingredient: Tadalafil). Although you might have heard of these names, not so many of you may know the differences of each medicine’s efficacy and side effects. We will explain the characteristics of each ED medications in this article.


Foods you need to be careful with Drug Interaction (1)

KIDERA Kenji

Tags drug interaction, food, medication

Foods you need to be careful with Drug Interaction (1)

We are often directed to take medicines after each meal. However, the medicine may interact with food within a body, and work less effectively, or cause a dangerous side effect. Even the food that is known as healthy for our body, there are dangerous combinations with some medicines. We need to be careful not to take these foods too much at once. In this article, we will talk about the dangerous combinations of medicine and meat / fish.


How food and beverage interfere with your medications (2)

KIDERA Kenji

Tags beverage, food, medication

How food and beverage interfere with your medications (2)
In “How food and beverage interfere with your medications (1),” the mechanisms how food and beverage ingredients either strengthen or weaken the medicine’s efficacy under the following conditions were explained.

How food and beverage interfere with your medications (1)

KIDERA Kenji

Tags beverage, food, medication

How food and beverage interfere with your medications (1)

This article explained the mechanism how medicine loses its efficacy and the risk of side effect when taken with food and beverages. In addition to this, the efficacy may be influenced by the timing of taking medicine and meal, also when taken with nonessential items such as cigarettes or liquor.