Post by Blind BroccoliDoes anyone here have personal experience with smaller doses of Cialis
taken daily vs. larger doses taken prior to sexual activity?
Comparative effectiveness?
Also are there any easy to comprehend not too statistical articles on
it anywhere? The one on cialis.com was a little hard for me to
interpret.
This is far more than 2-cents worth but may
answer the question.
Uro put me in a 'regular' dosing trial of Cialis
in early-2007 to see if it would keep me GTG and
also substitute for an alfa-blocker (for bph).
Simple answer, "yes" on GTG and "no" for the bph.
Trial started with 10mg of Cialis every day for
five days. Then a break of several days. Then
it was 10mg every 48 hours for 10 days and
another break. Finally it was 5mg daily for a
couple of weeks. The trial didn't include a
2.5mg dose. Also, no use of Trimix during the
trial. For my age (73 at the time) the Uro
wanted a minimum of two tries at sex each week.
Any of the doses supported good NEs and I was
GTG at two or three times a week. We would have
to work a bit longer to get it up if we were
beyond 30 hours from a dose. (One of things I
had to keep track of.)
My limit was around 30mg per week. About 10
days into the daily 5mg part of he trial, I was
feeling, "fuzzy/hung over" Blood pressure was
depressed too far and Cialis didn't do much for
the bph. I had occasional leg pain during the
trial and felt "generally better" after the
trial was over.
Note: When we tried regular-dosed Cialis, we
had been well established on Trimix for almost a
year and the Cialis results weren't as
dependable as what we had come to expect of Trimix.
I think 2.5mg/day along with an alfa-blocker
might have been better for me but my ED was
sufficiently advanced (age 73 with 'T' down
around 425) that Trimix was a more satisfying
med for sex.
After the Cialis trial, I started using 1/2 tab
of Levitra three times a week to support NEs &
pump training. Sometimes we manage to convert
an NE to sex without Trimix. That's better than
I could do in 2006.
But without Trimix for sex, I think that
seven-5mg doses of Cialis a week would be more
effective/dependable than are three-10mg of Levitra.
Looking at the cost, daily Cialis will run about
$300/mo. My Trimix + Levitra is less than 1/3
that cost without the side-effects of Cialis.
Lily might do well to put out a 30-pack of 2.5mg
tabs for $100. That might get some interest
going on regular dosing -- something that we now
know can improve NEs and help reverse some cases
of ED -- particularly in younger guys that
haven't smoked.
...larry