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    Cyclic guanosine monophosphate-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 is an enzyme (EC 3.1.4.17) from the phosphodiesterase class. It is found in various tissues...
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    A phosphodiesterase (PDE) is an enzyme that breaks a phosphodiester bond. Usually, phosphodiesterase refers to cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases, which...
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    A phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5 inhibitor) is a vasodilating drug that works by blocking the degradative action of cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase...
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    in a serious drop in blood pressure. Sildenafil acts by blocking phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5), an enzyme that promotes breakdown of cGMP, which regulates...
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    A phosphodiesterase inhibitor is a drug that blocks one or more of the five subtypes of the enzyme phosphodiesterase (PDE), thereby preventing the inactivation...
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    blood flow is eventually reduced, causing hearing impairment. Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitors are the first-line drugs indicated for erectile dysfunction...
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    inhibitors, statins, local nitrates or iloprost Digital ulcers with phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors (e.g., sildenafil) or iloprost Prevention of new digital...
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    improves symptoms when used in combination with 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. Several phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors are also effective, but may require...
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    within the United States. Avanafil acts by inhibiting a specific phosphodiesterase type 5 enzyme found in various body tissues, primarily in the corpus cavernosum...
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    been targeted with drugs — endothelin receptor antagonists, phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors, and prostacyclin derivatives. Prostacyclin (prostaglandin...
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