Alcohol with Viagra: What You Should Know
Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects about one-third of adult males at some time in their lives. Many of those men eventually turn to prescription ED medications like Viagra to assist them sometimes. Every drug comes with certain adverse effects and instructions on when to use it with alcohol. The adverse effects of Viagra wear off when the drug exits the body because it is not a daily prescription that builds up in the blood.
Common Side Effects of Viagra and Alcohol Combination
Headaches
Headaches are the most frequent adverse reaction to Viagra (and other ED drugs). This is so that ED drugs can increase blood flow by widening your blood vessels. This occurs all across the body, not only in the penis. Approximately 25% of men who use Viagra get headaches.
Clean Skin
About 10 to 19% of people who use Viagra experience flushing around their nose, cheeks, and forehead due to the thin skin on their faces. The flushing disappears when the drug wears off.
Nasal obstruction
Four to nine percent of men have nasal congestion after using Viagra. This, like headaches, is brought on by blood vessel enlargement that causes nasal blockage.
Muscle pain
Men have also reported experiencing muscular pains and back discomfort after using Viagra. After using Viagra, two to four percent of men experience pain of varying intensities, from mild discomfort to more pronounced pain in a specific location, such as the lower back.
Mild Vertigo or Slight Vision Blur
Due to the little drop in blood pressure that occurs as blood vessels expand, some men suffer minor dizziness, especially when standing up quickly. The dizziness rapidly goes away as your body adjusts to the drug. This abrupt decline in blood pressure can have considerable detrimental long-term health repercussions in men who already have cardiovascular disease or high blood pressure.
Increased dosages of Viagra may result in adverse effects that affect vision, including blurred vision, aberrant vision, and sudden loss of eyesight.
Bloating or nausea
The smooth muscle in the penis begins to relax, which allows blood flow to become more intense. The lower esophageal sphincter, which divides the stomach from the esophagus, likewise has smooth muscle. It is possible for a tiny quantity of stomach acid to enter the esophagus when this muscle relaxes, leading to heartburn or indigestion.
About two to three percent of Viagra-using men experience nausea right away, with symptoms fading as the drug takes effect.
Alcohol Consumption While Taking Viagra May Increase Adverse Effects
Overindulging in alcohol can have a bad impact on your health, including but not limited to high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, and disorientation or confused thinking.
A little quantity of alcohol (up to two cans of beer or two glasses of wine) on the evenings you plan to take Viagra is unlikely to have any adverse effects, even though drinking while taking Viagra and other ED drugs is not advised. The major danger of using Viagra with alcohol is that, like other ED drugs, it causes blood vessels to constrict. Since Viagra relaxes blood vessels, alcohol may reverse the therapeutic effects of the drug. Men who consume more alcohol than is typical while using Viagra are also more prone to get headaches.
A few alcoholic beverages can further exacerbate Viagra's known negative effects. For instance, consuming beer along with Viagra might exacerbate facial flushing if you have a gluten intolerance. Greyhounds, Palomas, Brown Derbies, Sea Breezes, and various margaritas and mojitos are all grapefruit juice-based beverages that should be avoided when taking Viagra because they enhance the bioavailability of the active element in the drug, sildenafil, which increases its benefits and negative effects.
Alcohol and Viagra Together Can Reduce Viagra's Effects
Other physiological consequences of combining Viagra and Alcohol might reduce the drug's effectiveness. Overindulging in alcohol can negate the benefits of Viagra, making it harder to get and sustain an erection when excited (which is the entire point of taking the drug), or even worse, alcohol-induced erectile dysfunction. Additionally, alcohol might lower your body's testosterone levels, which can decrease your interest and prevent you from being aroused. A man's chance of having a heart attack can be increased by drinking excessively or abusing alcohol, and using Viagra at the same time makes that risk much higher.
Make it important to discuss your alcohol usage and other medications with your doctor before determining whether Viagra or other ED meds are the appropriate choices for you.
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects about one-third of adult males at some time in their lives. Many of those men eventually turn to prescription ED medications like Viagra to assist them sometimes. Every drug comes with certain adverse effects and instructions on when to use it with alcohol. The adverse effects of Viagra wear off when…