Dr. Anne Truong discusses whether daily low-dose Cialis is safe after 40. She warns that PDE5 inhibitors can cause hearing loss and vision loss over time, and recommends investigating the root cause of erectile dysfunction, like blood-flow problems, rather than relying on medication alone.
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There's a question here about Cialis. Is there any issue taking Cialis at the low dose daily for a long period of time? And definitely after the age of 40 and long-term studies. Well, why are you taking Cialis? You're taking Cialis for ED. When you say low dose, it's between 5mg or 10mg. Every medication has the side effects. In fact, one of the side effects of PDE5 inhibitors or medication like Cialis and Viagra, you can have hearing loss, you can have visual loss. Those are like the long-term side effects. It's the thing that is common, hearing loss and visual loss. So you have to consider the long-term side effects versus the benefit. So if you're taking Cialis low dose, you're taking it for a [MASKED], but maybe you need to be looking at why you have ED and maybe is it a blood flow problem?