Do you any of you guys use Cialis ed or eod?

[Ghoul]

2.5mg daily. Only bump it up to 5-15mg on Friday & Sat for freak sessions.

But taking 5mg + daily gives me the trifecta of bad headaches that feel like Im about to stroke, congestion, and heartburn.

If you don't need 5mg certainty no point going there, but those are the common sides that usually go away within a month of regular use, I had them at 2.5 when starting, then again at 5 a few years later, and finally when I went to 10. I have zero sides at that dose, other than morning wood being so full occasionally it feels like it's going to be a skin splitter. The kind of hardon that's shiny and you could hang a coat on, if you know what I mean.

 

[Ciaranko]

I remember last summer i was on 5mg cialis for a while and i had this leg day where i particularly pumped down there and while working my quads on the leg extension i started getting hard.

It was bad cuz with my pp right on top of my thighs i couldnt hide it between my legs or anything so i just tried to work the quads HARDER. I think i did like 3 sets one after the other to failure dropping the weight each set just trying to redistribute the bloodflow but nothing worked. My cawk decided its hard time. Cialis is crazy man.

 

[Ghoul]

Great advice. Thanks. Will keep it to myself. Feels weird to self medicate with pills for some reason.

I did experience this on the 2.5mg dose for a week or so. Felt like I had a cold but no other symptoms. Gone now, or I'm just used to it.

Fuck, that's terrible.

I think I'll stay at 2.5 for a while.


This is what I'm taking about! Did they mention dose?

TLDR it's been observed at 5mg, and more pronounced at 10mg and 20mg, the larger doses being prescribed when Tadalafil is used for pulmonary hypertension.

Unfortunately the nature of medical research is that you generally only get approved to study the solution to some preexisting condition, rather than preventing them or optimizing health, but the phenomenon of improved vascular health has been observed so broadly, and essentially no evidence of downsides to long term use after decades, it appears to have earned its place in the arsenal of compounds used for those pursuing the preservation of long term health.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0805010

https://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-6095(15)00382-4/fulltext

https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/37/5/1349

Erectile Dysfunction: Practice Essentials, Background, Anatomy

Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects 50% of men older than 40 years, exerting substantial effects on quality of life. This common problem is complex and involves multiple pathways.

emedicine.medscape.com

 

[SBD1]

That’s wild
Guess you respond very well to it haha

Low dose too. 2.5-5mg. I only go to 10mg once in a great while when I get a new girl that I need to be sure keeps coming back.

 

[Ouch]

If you don't need 5mg certainty no point going there, but those are the common sides that usually go away within a month of regular use, I had them at 2.5 when starting, then again at 5 a few years later, and finally when I went to 10. I have zero sides at that dose, other than morning wood being so full occasionally it feels like it's going to be a skin splitter. The kind of hardon that's shiny and you could hang a coat on, if you know what I mean.

Lmao at the shiny helmet. I don’t think I ever made it to a month trying 5 or 10. The headaches get to be borderline migraines for me…and 2.5mg does the job for now.

But that’s good info to know for future reference.

 

[Ghoul]

Lmao at the shiny helmet. I don’t think I ever made it to a month trying 5 or 10. The headaches get to be borderline migraines for me…and 2.5mg does the job for now.

But that’s good info to know for future reference.

It's similar to blood pressure meds. Most sides are related to broad dilation of blood vessels and increased blood flow, then the body adjusts by selectively constricting particular vessels back down and the sides ease off.

 

[Ouch]

It's similar to blood pressure meds. Most sides are related to broad dilation of blood vessels and increased blood flow, then the body adjusts by selectively constricting particular vessels back down and the sides ease off.

Does that mean it would eventually do the same to the penis vessels too? Thereby necessitating an increase in dosage for erection quality. Or is it somehow selective in determining what vessels constrict back?

 

[Ghoul]

Does that mean it would eventually do the same to the penis vessels too? Thereby necessitating an increase in dosage for erection quality. Or is it somehow selective in determining what vessels constrict back?

Obviously I'm oversimplifying a complex process. Essentially this rebalancing of blood flow is managed by biological feedback mechanisms.

Reduced penile blood flow is the result of dysfunction, most often plaque in vessels causing varying degrees of blockage, or reduced nitrous oxide production that's necessary for vessels to relax.

So no, there's no "rebound" that will cut off blood flow. However, whatever caused the problem in the first place will usually continue (plaque buildup or whatever).

That's why when stopping after long term use, and things are worse than before, some mistakenly get the impression they became dependent on the drug, when it was just masking the progression of an ongoing process.

In fact, if there's one legitimate downside to regular use of PDE5 inhibitors, it's that good doctors know ED can be the canary in the coal mine for cardiovascular disease, and should be taken as an opportunity to control cholesterol, hypertension. check out the heart etc.

Most front line providers aren't that proactive though, and hopefully most of us here already are, or soon learn we must be our own healthcare advocates and understand that for the best results we can only rely on ourselves.

 

[Ouch]

Obviously I'm oversimplifying a complex process. Essentially this rebalancing of blood flow is managed by biological feedback mechanisms.

Reduced penile blood flow is the result of dysfunction, most often plaque in vessels causing varying degrees of blockage, or reduced nitrous oxide production that's necessary for vessels to relax.

So no, there's no "rebound" that will cut off blood flow. However, whatever caused the problem in the first place will usually continue (plaque buildup or whatever).

That's why when stopping after long term use, and things are worse than before, some mistakenly get the impression they became dependent on the drug, when it was just masking the progression of an ongoing process.

In fact, if there's one legitimate downside to regular use of PDE5 inhibitors, it's that good doctors know ED can be the canary in the coal mine for cardiovascular disease, and should be taken as an opportunity to control cholesterol, hypertension. check out the heart etc.

Most front line providers aren't that proactive though, and hopefully most of us here already are, or soon learn we must be our own healthcare advocates and understand that for the best results we can only rely on ourselves.

Excellent information, thank you. Amen to being our own advocates. It’s all but a necessity for any type of longevity, in this world or even just the regular population. And god forbid anyone you care about get a degenerative disease - something Im dealing with right now. The medical community essentially throws in the towel with everything except the billing.

 

[Plate Smacker]

Long-term safety and tolerability of tadalafil in the treatment of erectile dysfunction

Long-term safety and tolerability of tadalafil in the treatment of erectile dysfunction - PubMed

Tadalafil at doses of 5, 10, or 20mg taken as needed up to once daily for 18 to 24 months was safe and well tolerated. These findings support the long-term use of tadalafil in the clinical management of erectile dysfunction.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Conclusion: Tadalafil at doses of 5, 10, or 20mg taken as needed up to once daily for 18 to 24 months was safe and well tolerated. These findings support the long-term use of tadalafil in the clinical management of erectile dysfunction.

I've used 10-20mg for 3 years. I don't use it for ED. It has other benefits.
I sometimes take 50mg Viagra raws that I put in capsules. On those days I take 5mg Cialis.
I have little micro spoons for dosing that I preweighed.
Every powder is different, so I have 3 micro cialis spoons.
Disclaimer: Don't do what I do. 20mg can cause some people to have stuffy nose and they will think it's allergies. It's actually vasodilation of the capillaries in the nose.

 

[BigBamBam]

I get nasal congestion even on low doses of Cialis (2.5 mg) and this side effect doesn't come for months, so I take the pills when I have a rendezvous coming up