Minoxidil and Vardenafil interaction
Minoxidil and Vardenafil: the Vardenafil prescribing label describes an interaction that usually calls for monitoring, a dose change, or spacing the doses.
Usually manageable with monitoring or a dose change. Tell your pharmacist you take both.
What the FDA labels say
From the Vardenafil (Vardenafil Hydrochloride) label · effective 2026-08-27
When vasodilators are used in combination, an additive effect on blood pressure may be anticipated.
Vardenafil hydrochloride tablets can potentiate the hypotensive effects of nitrates, alpha- blockers, and antihypertensives.
The blood pressure lowering effects of sublingual nitrates (0.4 mg) taken 1 and 4 hours after vardenafil and increases in heart rate when taken at 1, 4 and 8 hours after vardenafil were potentiated by a 20 mg dose of vardenafil hydrochloride tablets in healthy middle-aged subjects.
Clinical pharmacology studies have been conducted with co-administration of vardenafil with alfuzosin, terazosin or tamsulosin. [See Dosage and Administration (2.4) , Warnings and Precautions (5.6) , and Clinical Pharmacology (12.2) .] Antihypertensives: Vardenafil hydrochloride tablets may add to the blood pressure lowering effects of antihypertensive agents.
Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction Patients with left ventricular outflow obstruction, (for example, aortic stenosis and idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis) can be sensitive to the action of vasodilators including PDE5 inhibitors.
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