In eliciting its mechanism of action, sildenafil ultimately prevents or minimizes the breakdown of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) by inhibiting cGMP specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) . The result of doing so allows cGMP present in both the penis and pulmonary vasculature to elicit smooth muscle relaxation and vasodilation that subsequently faci...
Sildenafil is a phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitor that is predominantly employed for two primary indications:
(1) the treatment of erectile dysfunction ; and
(2) treatment of pulmonary hypertension, where:
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Male Fertility and Peyronie's Clinic, Orem, Utah, United States
Children's Hospital and institute of Child Health, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States
Montreal Children's Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Beni-suef university Hospital, Banī Suwayf, Beni Suef, Egypt
Danish Headache Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pharma Medica Research, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Beni-suef university, Banī Suwayf, Egypt
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