Taking Cialis will help you achieve an erection and keep it for longer however; it's not a magic pill and still requires sexual stimulus and a genuine desire to make love.
How to take Cialis
Lilly and Co, the manufacturers of tadalafil, offer two different dosing regimes: one intended to be taken when needed and the other intended to be taken everyday.
Cialis 10mg and 20mg treatments taken when needed - one tablet should be taken about 30minutes to an hour before you intend to have sex. The active ingredient works for up to 36 hours allowing you more flexibility.
Cialis once a day 2.5mg and 5mg tablets – one tablet should be taken at the same time each day. It takes about 4 to 5 days for enough of the active ingredient to build up for the medication to work. The daily dosing regime of Cialis once a day means that you can benefit from the effects of the drug on an on-going basis.
Generic Cialis
When a pharmaceutical company develops a drug with commercial value they will obtain patent protection for it. Patent protection prevents other companies from copying the drug formulation allowing the pharmaceutical company responsible for the drug's development a return on the investment they have made.
A generic drug is produced where there is no patent protection. This can happen in a number of different cases:
- When the patent on a medication has expired
- When there is no patent protection in the first place
- When a country does not recognise or respect patent rules
Cialis is still a copyright protected medication which means that only Lilly and Co are licensed to manufacture it. Nevertheless generic versions of the drug, often sold under different names such as Apcalis, Tadalis, Erectalis, can be found very easily and at rock-bottom prices especially on the internet.
These generic medications are sold by companies based in countries which do not respect international copyright rules and are imported by unsuspecting customers attracted by the cheap prices advertised.
The problem with importing these drugs into the UK is that they are not recognised approved treatments, and so you import at your own risk of breaking the law. In addition, countries which disregard licensing rules do not have any organisations in place to regulate the production of drugs, meaning there is simply no guarantee of the medicine's efficacy or origins.
Cialis vs Viagra
Cialis and Viagra are two of three prescription erectile dysfunction medications (the third being Levitra), but which is best and how can you choose which is best?
Both of these drugs are PDE-5 inhibitors which means they both help to relax blood vessels increasing blood flow to the penis, although their effect is similar the vital difference between the treatments is their efficacy and this may sway your decision to choose one over another.
Viagra comes in doses of 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg. The initial recommended dose is 50mg and this may be increased or decrease depending on effectiveness and any side effects experienced. Viagra should be taken about 1 hour before sex and its effects last about 4 hours.
Cialis comes in doses of 10mg and 20mg. The recommended starting dose is 10mg and this should be increased only if the results achieved are not satisfactory. The benefits of Cialis are that it works more quickly than Viagra and lasts longer.