Common ones include: Flushing of the skin. These are commonly prescribed for an enlarged prostate or male pattern baldness. Use the oral syringe provided with your medication to measure and take your dose. Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take any of the following: medicines called nitrates medicines called guanylate cyclase stimulators such as Adempas riociguat medicines called alpha-blockers, such as Hytrin terazosin HCl , Flomax tamsulosin HCl , Cardura doxazosin mesylate , Minipress prazosin HCl , Uroxatral alfuzosin HCl , Jalyn dutasteride and tamsulosin HCl , or Rapaflo silodosin. Also tell your doctor if you or any of your family members have or have ever had an eye disease such as retinitis pigmentosa an inherited eye condition that causes loss of vision or if you have ever had sudden severe vision loss, especially if you were told that the vision loss was caused by a blockage of blood flow to the nerves that help you see. Do not stop taking sildenafil without talking to your doctor. If it is not treated right away, priapism can permanently damage your penis sudden vision loss in one or both eyes.Viagra: This drug is used to treat ED. With ED, you’re unable to get or maintain an erection. Revatio: This drug is used to treat PAH. With PAH, the blood pressure in your lungs is too high. Your. Sildenafil (Viagra) is used to treat erectile dysfunction (impotence; inability to get or keep an erection) in men. Sildenafil (Liqrev, Revatio) is used to improve the ability to exercise in adults (Liqrev, Revatio) and children 1 year of age and older (Revatio) with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH; high blood pressure in the vessels. Typical dosing for Sildenafil (Viagra) The typical dose is to take 50 mg of sildenafil (Viagra) by mouth, about 1 hour before sex, as needed. The maximum recommended dose is mg. Don’t take sildenafil (Viagra) more than once daily (at any dose). Written by Brian Leonard, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP.