Sildenafil Citrate for Women
Journal Title: Open Access Journal of Reproductive System and Sexual Disorders - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 5
Abstract
Sildenafil citrate (SC) is a medicinal drug used to treat male erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension. Sildenafil is a selective and potent competitive inhibitor of the cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) -specific phosphodiesterase-type 5 (PDE-5) enzymes, which, by preventing the breakdown of cGMP, potentiate the action of NO in tissues that contain PDE-5. Thus, increasing vasodilatation and potentiating the effects of nitrous oxide (NO) on the vascular smooth muscle [1-2]. SC increases uterine blood flow and potentiates estrogen-induced vasodilatation [3]. Sildenafil citrate is metabolized is in the liver by cytochrome P450, the metabolites are: N-desmethylsildenafil (about 50% potency for PDE5). The biological half-life is from 3 to 4 hours, it is excreted in feces and in urine [4]. Sildenafil is developing as a potential applicant for the treatment of intrauterine growth retardation and for premature labor [5]. Sildenafil has also been proposed as a potential therapeutic strategy to maintain placental function in pre-eclampsia [6]. Should sildenafil citrate possess vasodilatory effects in the feto-placental circulation, this would significantly enhance its therapeutic use in treating placental insufficiency. SC has recently been demonstrated not to alter the contractile response to vasoconstrictors or to endothelial dependent vasodilators.
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Mohamed Nabih EL Gharib
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- DOI 10.32474/OAJRSD.2018.01.000124
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