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CIALIS Safety Report

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What is CIALIS used for?

iGuard.org is currently tracking more than 2,250 patients who are using Cialis for the following reasons:

DISEASE / CONDITION % AVERAGE SEVERITY
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION 100%

How well does CIALIS work?

iGuard.org regularly polls our more than 2,250 users taking Cialis using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM). This feedback is continuously updated in tables below for the benefit of the iGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@iguard.org.

Average Satisfaction Score
(out of 10)
69 %
Average Effectiveness Score
(out of 10)
69 %
92%   of patients are confident that the good things about Cialis outweigh the bad things.
13%   of patients wish they were told more before they started taking Cialis.

Common Side Effects of CIALIS

iGuard.org regularly polls our more than 2,250 users taking Cialis to monitor the development and frequency of side-effects. This feedback is continuously updated in tables and graphs below for the benefit of the iGuard community.

37%
37% of patients experience side-effects on Cialis
2%
2% of patients experience SIGNIFICANT side-effects on Cialis
MOST COMMON SIDE EFFECTS
HEADACHE
BLURRED VISION
CONGESTION
HEARTBURN/ REFLUX
MUSCLE PAIN/ STIFFNESS
= 10%
LESS THAN 1%: ABDOMINAL PAIN, DIZZINESS, HOT FLUSHES.

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Patient Comments about
Cialis HERE

ACTIVE INGREDIENT(S)
Tadalafil
WHAT DOES IT DO?

This product is used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension. It works by promoting cGMP, which causes smooth muscle relaxation, allowing better blood flow.

Last Text Update: June 2, 2009
Last Data Update: July 4, 2009


OTHER NAMES
  • Tadalafil
  • Cialis
  • Adcirca
HOW SAFE IS IT?
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Average Risk Rating
Pregnancy Category B
Black Box Warning No

FACTS & FIGURES
Date Approved 21 Nov 2003
Est US Patients* 330,000
User Age Distribution*
< 21 21-39 40-59 60+
Age (Years)
Generic Available NO
OTC Available NO
*Estimated number of US people currently taking Cialis based on population adjusted patient numbers registered with iGuard.org.

Recent CIALIS Alerts

There have been no safety alerts issued for Cialis in the past year.

Drug Comments for Cialis (Tadalafil)
 

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Question/Comment:

is there a generic form of cialis?

56 year old female
Posted: 2009-06-27 19:29:47     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

Answer/Reply from iGuard:

Brand-name Cialis is only approved at this time by the FDA in the US. There is no generic available yet.

Posted: 2009-06-29 22:05:07    

Question/Comment:

Better than viagra, but gives me heartburn symptoms.

63 year old male
Posted: 2009-06-20 07:58:49     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

Question/Comment:

Some men choose <a href="http://www.onlineclinic.co.uk/cialis.html">Cialis</a> as their impotence treatment because it starts working in 30 minutes and its effects last for 36 hours. Therefore, they do not have to plan their sexual activity around the time of taking impotence treatment. Moreover, as Cialis is available in lower dosage form compared to Viagra, another impotence treatment, more men prefer to take it

29 year old female
Posted: 2009-06-10 06:26:25     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

Question/Comment:

I am a 58 year old male that has used every E.D. medication there is. The best, without question is the new way that Cialis can be prescribed. It can now be prescribed 1 - 5mg tablet once a day, 30 tablets per month. It is also much cheaper taking it that way and much more effective. Before it was the 36 hour tablet, now it is the anytime you want to tablet, as many times as you want to!!!!! Due to nerve damage from an accident, my case was pretty severe. All three tablets that are available worked for me about 80% and only for about 15 minutes. With the one a day Cialis I am about 95% for as long as I wish to be. At my age usually about an hour to an hour and a half. The really great thing though, if an hour later I decide I am ready to go some more, NO PROBLEM!!!!!!!! The only side effects I have experienced has been some problems focusing my eyes completely a couple of times, but cosider the fact that I do wear Trifocals, I have focusing problems quiet often. For me, it is the only E.D. drug that works for me.

58 year old male
Posted: 2009-05-24 11:47:44     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

Question/Comment:

Everytime I took cialis (10mg), after a few days, I felt pain on the vein on my left knee as if it is being overstretch, usually the pain will last for 3 to 4 days.

45 year old male
Posted: 2009-05-07 03:24:47     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

Answer/Reply:

I have also taken cialis, levitra and viagra. They only last about an hour.
My question is that I can not ejactuate except by manual or oral stimulation.
Does any one else have this problem? I never had this problem until I
started using ED drugs. I am 69 years old.

68 year old male
Posted: 2009-05-16 15:24:51     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

Answer/Reply:

I have taken Cilias this weekend. I have experienced some in my upper legs and goan area.

50 year old male
Posted: 2009-05-17 18:28:27     Rating: Star Star Star Star Star

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