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Tadalafil Megalis for an elderly diabetic?
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My elderly dad of 70 years was recently prescribed a medication that I found out is typically used to treat erectile dysfunction. This physician supposedly told my diabetic dad that even though this medication (tadalafil Megalis) is typically used to treat Ed, my dad did not have to worry approximately increased blood flow to his penis as he is no longer sexually active - but that the medication should help in increasing blood circulation to his feet (his feet often swell up). Is this correct?? I need a medical professional to comment on this so I can make sure that my dad is getting the appropriate treatment essential. Thanks.
This is called an off label use, and it is not authorized by the manufacturer of Tadalfil. Still, it Is up to the physician to make this call, and using the drug for this use is Not illegal.
Tadalafil (and other Ed drugs) work by dilating the blood vessels, allowing more blood to flow. This Would help your Dad's feet and leg circulation problems!
As for the penis, the increased blood flow there only works during sexual excitement. whether Dad is not sexually active, then he has nothing to fear! the Ed drugs Do Not gain desire (they are Not aphrodisiacs), and they will Not make Dad a horny old guy for the swelling feet, you Dad Also needs a diuretic (water pill). Increasing circulation Alone will not do the trick.
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I am very sorry but tadalafil will not increase circulation in the legs or feet of any patient diabetic or not. This would - in my humble opinion - be a rather tragic mis-use of the drug. The drug is a phosphodiasterase group 5 inhibitor which slows the breakdown of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is in a sense the body's own natural' vasodilator. It may dilate blood vessels that are not truly constricted'. The trouble with peripheral artery disease is that it represents atherosclerosis which means that there is no opportunity of dilating such arteries. I will grant you that historically it was thought in the 1950s that there was such a drug - dipyridamole - but it was quickly demonstrated that stenotic vessels do not dilate. I have never heard of anything like this before and it medically makes - at least to me - absolutely no sense at all. It is a very expensive drug with potential for side effects but no potential benefit for someone with peripheral artery disease. I am very sorry to introduce disagreement and doubt but I surmise that you already had doubts of your own. I wish you all the very best of health and in all matters may God bless.