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Sildenafil·Support sexual health·finding 17 of 19
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★☆☆Contested — the evidence disagrees with itself, or the finding carries a caution. A caution or conflict always shows one star, however strong the sources are.

Physical & body · not established · contested

The safe gap between sildenafil and a nitrate is not on record

A widely cited review reports the interaction undetectable by 24 hours after a dose. The approved US label names no interval and says it is unknown.

What the study found

Nobody will say how long you must wait before a nitrate

A widely cited review reports the interaction between sildenafil and nitrates as undetectable by 24 hours after a dose. The approved US label names no interval at all, saying it is unknown when a nitrate can safely be given afterwards. The gap falls on whoever is holding the nitrate spray.

The caveat · One author with industry ties

The review is narrative rather than systematic, written by a single author with long-standing industry ties in this field and published in a journal supplement. A label naming no interval is not evidence that no interval is safe; it is a regulator declining to guess.

What we don't know

How long after sildenafil a nitrate becomes safe has no agreed answer. One review finds the interaction gone by 24 hours; the US regulator, with the same interaction studies in hand, declines to name any interval.