Profile (History, Chemical Structure, Characteristics)

History

Research of this drug was started by pharmaceutical company Icos in 1993.

  1. Cialis(Tadalafil) has long time effect, up to 36 hours;
  2. Cialis (Tadalafil) is used by bodybuilders for pumping and increasing the size of the muscles before a competition, other people use it for the treatment of erectile dysfunction;
  3. Cialis (Tadalafil) dilates blood vessels of skeletal muscles; it is similar to Viagra (sildenafil) and donators of nitrogen by its effect, but it is superior to both;
  4. Cialis (Tadalafil) is not expensive, so it’s affordable to pretty much any athlete.

Chemical structure

Cialis is a drug that contains tadalafil. The active ingredient of the drug selectively inhibits cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) - specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE 5). During sexual stimulation the local release of nitric oxide occurs, at the same time oppression of the activity in this specific phosphodiesterase type 5 leads to increased levels of cyclic guanosine monophosphate in the cavernosum. Under the effect of tadalafil, it is marked the reduction of smooth muscles tone and increasing blood flow to the tissues of the penis, which helps to improve erection. Tadalafil has no sexual stimulation.

Characteristics

  1. Substance activity: 36 hours
  2. Classification: Erectile dysfunction treatment, PDE5 inhibitor
  3. Dosing: tablets
  4. Dosage: Men 5-20 mg / day
  5. Acne: No
  6. Water retention: not significant
  7. High blood pressure: not allowed to take
  8. Hepatotoxicity: not allowed to take in renal impairment
  9. Aromatization: Low
  10. DHT (dihydrotestosterone) conversion: None
  11. Detection time: 1 month

Effects

Sometimes tadalafil is used not for the treatment of erectile dysfunction but to increase muscle endurance during bodybuilding. It is possible due to blood flow to the muscle fibers of the genitals. As a result, a man can do more sets of lifting weights. But in reality, tadalafil is not useful nor harmful for bodybuilding training.  For these purposes it is necessary to use a completely different drug.

Tadalafil is a potency drug, not the aid in physical training. It has a number of contraindications. Cavernous fibrosis, multiple myeloma, priapism, heart disease, leukemia, stomach ulcers - these disorders make tadalafil taking difficult or impossible. It depends on the severity of the disease.

Therefore, if there are no such problems, then you can take tadalafil without any threat to your health. But for bodybuilding, it does not fit at all, its main task is to improve the quality of sex.

It was successfully proven as one-time drug during a fast-weight loss course.

Side effects

Taking Cialis drug may develop headaches and dyspeptic symptoms in patients. In addition, there were  single cases of back pain, facial flushing, nasal obstruction, myalgia, pain in the eyes, conjunctival hyperemia, dizziness and angioedema while taking tadalafil.

There are data of the priapism development and prolonged erection while taking Cialis. In the case when an erection lasts more than 4 hours, you should ask for medical help, as long-term erection may cause damage to the penis tissues and long-term loss of potency.

Cycles (courses)

Dosages: 5 mg, maximal daily dose is 20 mg.

Doses frequency: every day 

For sports purposes

In bodybuilding the optimum Cialis (tadalafil) dosage is considered to be 10 mg per day. Take at any time of the day as the effect period of Cialis (tadalafil) is 36 hours in contrast to Viagra (sildenafil), the optimum time taking of which is before training, as its effect period is 5 hours. In the days without training it is not necessary to take Cialis (Tadalafil), which can prevent the development of addiction to the drug. The duration of the course lasts for about a month, if you are taking Cialis (tadalafil) every day; and up to 2 months if you are taking it on only training days. You can also take it almost all year round.