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What is Cialis?

Cialis is a brand name for the drug Tadalafil, a drug used to treat male erectile dysfunction (impotence). One advantage that Cialis has over Viagra is that tadalafil has a half-life of 17.5 hours (and thus Cialis is advertised to work for up to 36 hours). Cialis is a brand name owned by Lilly. Read more...Click to read more below

Eli Lilly's Cialis site

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Sexual dysfunction 14 3
you know 1 0
Erectile dysfunction 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 100%

Dosages

  10mg as needed 20mg as needed 5mg as needed 10 mg weekly 10 mg daily
  3 Number of Patients: 3 7 Number of Patients: 7 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Cialis (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 33% Did not seem to work: 33%
Expense
1 33% Expense: 33%
Other
1 33% Other: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Cialis

Currently Taking Cialis

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
2
7

Stopped Taking Cialis

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
1
1
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 67%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
1 33%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
3 100%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 33%
$25-49
1 33%
< $25
0 0%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.