Different drugs, or do I simply take more I use 5mg daily Cialis, taken in the morning. Works fine on day 3. No side effects. My wife and I plan ahead, so that is OK for us. I then quit for a couple of weeks until we again feel up to it - we are both elderly and it's better than never - and another round until day 3. I am also a radical prostatectomy survivor, requiring Edex (alprostadil) just before. Works noticeably better than Edex alone. I use both with direction from my urologist. I take no other medicines, and am in excellent health otherwise. But 1 pill an hour or two earlier with Edex would obviously add a little spontaneity compared to 3 days. If so, can I just increase my dosage from 5 to, say 20 and have it work in a couple of hours as effectively as it does now? My doctor doesn't seem able to answer it. Could I just try it?
What is the difference between 36 hour Cialis & daily Cialis?
Question posted by MorrieG on 30 March 2011
Last updated on 31 May 2011 by Scottdt21
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As a non-physician who takes Cialis (20 mg, PRN), but who has read up on the drug, I believe the daily dose and the as needed (PRN) one are identical ingredients. Such are not time released and both have similar half-lives. Rather than take a series of 5 mg doses until such is up to a blood-level to enable you to get an erection (day three, in your case), it would seem more beneficial to take the full 20 mg at once and get the erection benefits 60-90 min later. HOWEVER, this should only be done with the advice from your doctor as the increased dose might (?) have increased risks (which I am unaware of). I'm of the opinion that the daily dose was simply marketed as a means to enable spontaneity which, in your case, is simply not needed and more expensive than called for.
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