Adcirca

Adcirca is a prescription medicine used to improve the ability to exercise in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Adcirca
is in a group of medications called phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors. Adcirca treats PAH by relaxing the blood vessels in the lungs to allow blood to flow more easily.

Adcirca comes in tablet form and is usually taken once daily, with or without food.

The most common side effect with Adcirca is headache.

Do not take Adcirca if you are taking other medications called "nitrates."

Pulmonary Disease [1]

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Reviewed by:

Beth Bolt, RPh [3]

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August 16, 2012

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"Adcirca", DailyMed: Current Medication Information; U.S. National Library of Medicine [4] Adcirca. Prescribing Information. Indianapolis, IN: Eli Lilly and Company. PDF [5]

http://www.rxwiki.com/adcirca [6]

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Lilly, Eli & Company [8]

RxNorm ATC Ref:

Drugs used in erectile dysfunction [9]

Contributor:

Teresa Brucker, Pharm.D [10] Anyssa Garza, PharmD [11] Eric Ho, Pharm.D [12]

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Adcirca improves the ability to exercise in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Do not take Adcirca if you are taking other medications called "nitrates."

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Adcirca [13]