•  BAYER HEALTH CARE PHARMACEUTICALS

• Vardenafil

Contrainindications:

• Co-administration w/ nitrates or nitric oxide donors. Severe hepatic impairment, end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis, hypotension, recent history of stroke or MI, unstable angina & known hereditary degenerative retinal disorders eg retinitis pigmentosa. Men w/ CV disorders for whom sexual activity is inadvisable. Concomitant use of vardenafil w/ potent CYP3A4 inhibitors [ritonavir, indinavir, ketoconazole & itraconazole (oral form)] in men >75 yr. Women, childn ≤16 yr.

• Adult 10 mg approx 25-60 min before sexual activity. Max: 20 mg once daily. A max dose of 5 mg should not be exceeded when used in combination w/ erythromycin or clarithromycin. Elderly >65 yr Starting dose: 5 mg.

• Levitra 10 mg x 1 blisters x 4's
  Levitra 20 mg x 1 blisters x 4's
  Levitra 5 mg x 1 blisters x 4's

Patients w/ left ventricular outflow obstruction. QT prolongation. Patients w/ anatomical deformation of the penis or w/ conditions which may predispose them to priapism; uncontrolled HTN, patients who have suffered life-threatening arrhythmias w/in the last 6 mth or w/ a history of cardiac failure or coronary artery disease causing unstable angina. Combination w/ other treatments (eg α-blocker therapy) for erectile dysfunction. Bleeding disorders or active peptic ulceration. Patients w/ spinal cord injury or other CNS disease, hypoactive sexual desire & in patients who have undergone pelvic surgery, pelvic trauma or radiotherapy. May impair ability to drive or operate machinery.