The following accumulation of cGMP within vascular smooth muscles elicited the opening of the
We decided to administer the most commonly prescribed medications for erectile dysfunction in the dosage that they are usually received by the patients. Subjects were instructed to retrain from eating for at least four hours prior to the study. The exclusion criteria were a history of any ocular or systemic disease such as retinal, choroidal or cardiovascular pathology and refractive errors >-5D. The study was performed in accordance to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and the protocol used was approved by the ethics committee of the University Hospital. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Choroidal thickness records were based on Heidelberg Spectralis (Spectralis HRA+OCT, Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany). This device combines a spectral domain OCT and a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope in a single instrument. The acquisition rate of the Spectralis OCT is 40,000 A-scans per second. The subjects were not repositioned nor the instrument realigned during the whole scanning procedure, in order to keep the measurement conditions as constant as possible. Before examination, the pupils were dilated with drops containing 0.5% tropicamide and 2.5% phenylephrine. selective adenosine triphosphate (ATP)- sensitive potassium (KATP) channels in some types of vasculatures [21].
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This cascade was implicated in the inhibition of transmembrane influx of calcium
Features such as painful red eye, subretinal and intratumoral hemorrhages, and intratumoral vascular congestion, detected in a patient with a malignant melanoma of the ciliary body and choroid, after receiving a single tadalafil tablet indicated the vasodilator effect of the latter on the eye [19]. Moreover, tadalafil has been implicated in the development of concurrent central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) in patients with additional risk factors, such as sickle cell disease [20]. In our study, choroidal thickness after tadalafil intake was measured for the first time in literature. Indeed, we found that tadalafil caused a lower increase of choroidal thickness in all quadrants compared to sildenafil. observed that sildenafil activated the synthase of nitric oxide (NO), via extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling, resulting in NO production and guanylyl cyclase activation [21]. through voltage-gated calcium channels due to membrane hyperpolarization, leading to vasorelaxation [21].
Moreover, they highlighted that the clinical doses of sildenafil did not cause potent vasodilation
The images of the choroid were acquired based on the enhanced depth imaging (EDI) OCT method, as already described by Margolis and Spaide [14]. The instrument was placed close enough to the eye to obtain inverted images, which were averaged using the automatic averaging and eye tracking features. Seven sections, each comprised of the 100 averaged scans, were obtained in a 5 × 30 degree rectangle encompassing the macula and optic nerve, and the horizontal section going directly through the center of the fovea was selected. Choroidal thickness (CT) was determined as the distance from the outer surface of the hyper-reflective line, referred to as the RPE layer, to the hyper-reflective line of the inner sclera border. The choroidal thickness in areas of temporal, nasal and inferior quadrants was recorded.
The resolution of the CT image is impaired in highly myopic elongated eyes and poorly fixating patients. All CT measurements were performed by the same well-trained and experienced operator at baseline and two hours after the consumption of sildenafil citrate or tadalafil. The statistical program IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0 was used for the data analysis. Descriptive analysis was carried out for age and choroidal thickness values; the latter were charted in box plots. Non-parametric analysis Kolmogorov-Smirnov was used to check the normal distribution of the variables. in retinal arterioles, but sildenafil seemed to have a significant impact on retinal perfusion [21]. They observed that 10 ng/mL of sildenafil were the threshold concentration for the dilation of retinal arterioles, whereas,
The paired two-tailed t-test was utilized to calculate the differences in means of choroidal thickness between baseline values and those after the consumption of the PDE-5 inhibitor within each group. If the data failed the normality test, the non-parametric Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test was used. Independent samples t-test and Mann-Whitney test were applied to identify the possible differences in means of choroidal thickness between two groups (Mann-Whitney test was used when there was no indication of normal distribution either after Kolmogorov-Smirnov analysis or after Levene's test for equality of variances). A p value less than 0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance. Twenty young and healthy individuals were recruited in this study.
The mean age of participants was 34.2 ± 3.0 and 34.6 ± 3.2 years in group A and B, respectively. The distribution of age was normal among participants, according to Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. There were no differences in distribution of age between the groups (independent samples t-test: t(18)=-0.291, p=0.774, Levene's test: p=1.000). The mean values of choroidal thickness, as recorded in all three quadrants for each eye separately in group A before and after the consumption of sildenafil citrate are presented in Table 1 and Figures 2 and 3. The mean choroidal thickness in Group A was significantly increased in each quadrant after the intake of sildenafil (Table 2). even in the highest concentration (1 μg/ mL), the elicited dilation reached the 30% of the maximum [21].
noted raised choroidal perfusion and thickness in seven healthy male subjects two hours after ingesting 50mg of sildenafil. measured the choroidal thickness, based on EDI-OCT, in 8 healthy subjects (4 men and 4 women) 1 and 3 hours after the ingestion of 100 mg of sildenafil citrate and they identified its elevation [16]. noted that although sildenafil increases systolic and diastolic systemic arterial blood pressures, it had no effect on central retinal artery circulation, even in subjects with ocular side-effects [17]. The ocular symptoms caused by sildenafil were associated with the alterations in choroidal perfusion and the inhibition of PDE6 [17]. The latter inhibition seemed to be dose- and time-dependent [18]. Furthermore, sildenafil has been associated with alterations in retinal function.
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recorded depressed but normal full-field and multifocal cone ERGs in macula and periphery after the administration of 200 mg sildenafil [22].
| Active Ingredient | Dosage (mg) | Added Ingredients | Formulation Type |
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Prolonged implicit times of rod (maximum response a-wave) and cone
Assessing each eye separately, significant raises in choroidal thickness were also noted chep cialis in all areas (Table 3). Table 1: Choroidal thickness (CT) in all quadrants of the right (RE) and left (LE) eye, separately, in group A, before and after the consumption of sildenafil citrate. Table 2: Assessing the significance of increase in choroidal thickness (CT) in three quadrants, which is noted after each PDE-5 inhibitor intake within each group. Table 3: The significance of increase in choroidal thickness (CT), which follows the PDE-5 inhibitor administration, for each eye separately, between the two groups. The mean values of choroidal thickness for each eye separately in group B, before and after the consumption of tadalafil, are presented in Table 4 and Figures 5 and 6.
The mean choroidal thickness in Group B was significantly increased in each quadrant after the intake of tadalafil (Table 2). Table 4: Choroidal thickness (CT) in all quadrants of the right (RE) and left (LE) eye, separately, in group B, before and after the consumption of tadalafil. Comparison of sildenafil and tadalafil effects on participants Assessing the mean choroidal thickness (CT) of the participants at baseline, no statistical significant differences were observed between the two groups (independent samples t-test, CT temporal: t(18)=-0.124, p=0.903, Levene's test: p=0.935, CT nasal: t(18)=0.511, p=0.616, Levene's test: p=0.473, Mann-Whitney test, CT inferior: p=0.912). Similarly, the mean choroidal thickness of each eye separately appeared no statistical significant differences between the two groups at baseline (Table 5). On the other hand, the mean choroidal thickness after the consumption of sildenafil or tadalafil was statistically different between the two groups (Mann-Whitney test, CT temporal: p=0.005, independent samples t-test, CT nasal: t(18)=2.647, p=0.016, Levene's test: p=0.321, CT inferior: t(18)=2.018, p=0.059, Levene's test: p=0.232). (oscillatory potentials, cone response b-wave, 30 Hz-flicker and 3.3 Hz-flicker a-wave
and b-wave) ERG responses in subjects receiving a single 100 mg dose of sildenafil were also recorded by Jägle et al.
Statistically significant differences were also noted in the mean choroidal thickness of some quadrants for each eye separately, after the administration of the drugs (Table 5). The increase in choroidal thickness observed after the intake of PDE-5 inhibitors was greater in group A and this difference exhibited statistical significance (independent samples t-test, CT temporal: t(18)=5.338, p<0.001, Levene's test: p=0.791, CT nasal: t(18)= 6.332, p<0.001, Levene's test: p=0.088, Mann-Whitney test, CT inferior: p<0.001). Table 5: Independent Samples Test for the mean choroidal thickness of each eye separately at baseline and after the consumption of sildenafil or tadalafil between the two groups. This increment was observed in mean choroidal thickness both of each participant and of each eye separately. Moreover, we highlighted that although there were no statistically significant differences in participants' means of choroidal thickness at baseline, the increase of the latter was greater in the group of sildenafil (increase in group A: temporal=9.8%, nasal=10.4%, inferior: 11.0%, increase in group B: temporal=4.3%, nasal=5.6%, inferior: 4.9%).