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Is it safe to prescribe sildenafil to a patient in his thirties who has survived a subarachnoid haemorrhage, and who has an intravascular coil in situ?

Pilot service has been created to help members of the primary care teams of England get answers to their clinical questions.This is the first visit to the site we rmend you read "".View by speciality MOST RECENT QUESTIONS: (Please click on a question for the answer) Is it safe to prescribe Sildenafil to a patient in his thirties who has survived a subarachnoid haemorrhage, and who has an intravascular coil in situ?20/Feb/08 ANSWER: We found little information on this topic.The SPC for Viagra lists a number of cautions and contraindications, including recent stroke (doesn't specify which type).It doesn't mention subarachnoid haemorrhage or intravascular coils.The BNF makes no reference.While we found no mention of it being contraindicated we found no reference to it being safe!Such you may want to discuss this with a local specialist.We can forward the question to a specialist medicines information unit who will be better placed to advise.You would like us to refer the question can you let us know via 'Contact us' () REFERENCE 1) The NLH Question Answering Service aims to answer questions quickly, it is not a systematic review.You have any doubt as to the implications of this contact the Q&A Service Provider for further information.
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