Got a prescription to viagra and really want to realize the benefits and not add more anxiety to the experience. Normal evening routine would include dinner and a couple of glasses of wine (beginning at 8 or 9pm) --home and ready for action at about midnite. Should I immediately go with the 100 mg. dose and would it be best to take it before dinner or after? I understand alcohol can diminish the effects - how much wine is too much? Thanks
Viagra - Male, Age 55 and wanted to address a gradual fall off in sexual performance?
Question posted by woopdeedoo on 22 Sep 2012
Last updated on 31 March 2015 by Soldier4life
5 Answers
Soldier4life
31 March 2015
As you can see from the various responses, one thing that's almost constant is take it easy on the alcohol. Empty stomach seems to work better for me. If I'm anticipating sex I usually take one tablet as soon as I get in from work around 7pm. It only takes 30 mins or so to get into my system and it stays in my system for no less than 16 hours. I take 100mg though so maybe with 50mg you'd take it an hour or so before intimacy. The headaches and clogged sinuses are brutal so I've been cutting my tabs in half lately.
Snowman1171
17 Jan 2013
Alcohol does not help that's for sure. I've found that it also works best on a close to empty stomach . Within 30 minutes I'm ready to go. I do not have any symptoms when using a small dose of 25 mg.
Hope this information helps .
bollard
29 Sep 2012
In my own experience I found that 50 mg. was enough. I have side effects of plugged sinus, blue light, and sometimes a headache, when I take it and like to keep those at a minimum. The viagra is worth the side effects but less is better for me as the dosage and side effects go hand in hand. I would forgo the alcohol as much as possible and find that it works better on an emptier stomach. I would suggest trying the lower dose and do what makes you feel good. Experimentation will hopefully get you the results you need
Inactive
23 Sep 2012
From experience with my husband: drink very little to no wine; have a light dinner several hours before; take the Viagra about 90 minutes before action and set the mood. I think with diminished performance men actually focus more on the things we women like - the conversation, romance, low lights, music, candles - lots of cuddling and foreplay. Don't concentrate so much on performance - just set out to please your partner and Viagra will help. It's not the same as being 18 years old but it'll seal the deal so to speak. We've never experienced overly long erections but my husband invariably has a migraine late that night. Hope this helps - ElizaJane
balbanese
22 Sep 2012
Opinion from experience and common sense; There are many contributing factor to what you call diminished performance, some of which are timing, the routine leading up to "that time" including when and what you eat for dinner, adequate sleep, help from your partner, elements of the relationship itself and many, many more. Even and most especially alcohol, believed by many to add can actually diminish. All this stuff does is impact blood flow to the tool, everything I mentioned above all impact the events and state of the circumstances in which the tool is used. This means even if you have a fight, you may be stuck at attention, like it or not. Then there's the potential for damage to the tiny blood vessels and risk of permanent damage (see Peyronies Disease). For me I would look at every other component before turning to drugs that induce synthetic arousal.
Have you considered the discomfort realized because you remain stiff long after you discharge? They may sell millions of these pills, but often times we're not rising to the occasion for more valid reasons, none of which are addressed by this stuff. Just my 2 1/2 cents, hope it helps somehow.
woopdeedoo
25 Sep 2012
You're right -many of the elements of the relationship that dimish the quality of the sexual experience are never going to be fixed with viagra, I'd agree --it's a bandaid -- or perhaps I should say a splint. In this case - after one dose, one experience, it was pretty miraculous. A cart before the horse perhaps - but in a positive way, it provided some much needed fun and freedom from anxiety (for both) over the whole process. There was also an appreciation that I was willing to try something like this (pretty drastic) to improve our sex life. All in all - with no side effects - I'm really happy, cautiously optimistic-and looking forward to the next event! Yes, timing the dose relative to our typical nite's activities requires some logistical prowess... but I'm up for it.
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