We still want to hear Dr. Danny's take on this, but coincidentally, I was leafing through an issue of Consumer Reports tonight and came across an article discussing Cialis.
The usual nitrate warning was there, of course, though Consumer Reports didn't mention poppers -- they talked of medically prescribed nitrates often used to treat angina.
They also mentioned that men at risk for heart attack or stroke should not use Cialis, and also men who take alpha-blockers to treat high blood pressure.
So I guess we have at least part of the answer here.
The article mentions that the three ED drugs have not been tested as a group, and the warning stated is related to Cialis, since that was the focus of the article.
Looking up the info on Viagra, I found no "official" type of warning against using it with BP meds, except for a statement that said men on BP meds were included in the first trials of the drug, and that additional drops in blood pressure were noted.
Of particular interest, however, was the final bit of information in the Consumer Reports article. It says:
"Men who opt for the increased convenience of tadalafil should understand that they may face longer lasting or unknown adverse effects."
(Tadalafil is Cialis; the comment above was not made about the other two drugs, though I personally believe that there's a great potential for "unknown or adverse" effects from all three of them. It will be years before we find out, though. Who wants to bet it's a few mass tort lawyers who get the first information?)
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