Vardenafil

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Levitra

Vardenafil is used to treat erectile dysfunction.

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Summary of Interactions for Vardenafil

Depletion or interference	None known
Adverse interaction	None known
Side effect reduction/prevention	None known
Supportive interaction	None known
Reduced drug absorption/bioavailability	Food

An asterisk (*) next to an item in the summary indicates that the interaction is supported only by weak, fragmentary, and/or contradictory scientific evidence.

Other Interactions

Food

A study comparing the effect of a high-fat meal and a moderate-fat meal on the absorption of vardenafil showed that taking the drug with a high-fat meal might result in a slight reduction in effectiveness and a delayed onset of action up to one hour.¹

References

1. Rajagopalan P, Mazzu A, Xia C, et al. Effect of high-fat breakfast and moderate-fat evening meal on the pharmacokinetics of vardenafil, an oral phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. J Clin Pharmacol 2003;43:260-7.

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Last Review: 09-01-2007

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