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How long does Levitra 2.5-20 mg last?

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Bone review card, cobalt edge, lime chip: short 4-5 hour light window

About 4 to 5 hours. That is the terminal half-life of vardenafil and its primary metabolite M1 on the U.S. label. Total clearance is about 56 L/h. Most of a swallow leaves as metabolites in feces (about 91-95%); urine carries about 2-6%. The dosing frequency is once per day. The label does not print a Cialis-style 36-hour clock. Do not invent a 'works for 4-6 hours' slogan from a competitor page. This scan stays on those hours.

Dialysis does not wash it out faster

Renal dialysis is not expected to accelerate clearance. Vardenafil is highly protein-bound and little of the dose leaves in urine.

Do not use the tablet in patients on renal dialysis. That off is a use-in-population row, not a duration hack.

Parent and M1 share those hours

M1 is the major circulating metabolite. The label gives it the same 4-5 hour terminal half-life as parent.

This room will not unpack M1's 26% plasma share or the 7% activity clause. Those are a different PK sitting.

Once-a-day is the frequency, not a duration promise

One tablet per day is how often you may swallow. It is not a claim that an erection lasts 24 hours.

If the first attempt failed, the next swallow is another day. See the once-a-day scan.

Why men compare it to a weekend tablet

Tadalafil's long clock is a different INN and a different panel. This page will not borrow that 36-hour highlight.

Pick vardenafil when a short tail is the point. Do not grade it against a weekend span it never claimed.

Where duration is not an onset dare

The 60-minute swallow hour is its own scan. Half-life does not set that hour.

Fast-peak ratings stay on the onset board.

Sources

  1. DailyMed vardenafil hydrochloride tablets, setid d2dce236-257e-44b6-93a9-9f0280257c6a

Checked against the current label and reviewed by Dr. Yuki Tanaka. See Scan, Tag, Board-check, Post.

Board thread

Answers follow the U.S. Levitra label.

Marta F., Corktown Does 20 mg last longer than 10 because the half-life grows?

Board reply

The labelled half-life stays about 4 to 5 hours. A higher tablet raises exposure. It is not a new clock.

Irene L., Roncesvalles Forums say Levitra lasts 4 to 6 hours. Is that the label?

Board reply

The label prints a 4-5 hour half-life. It does not print a 4-6 hour 'works for' slogan. Do not treat a forum span as a trial endpoint.

Cole Y., Mimico If half-life is 5 hours, can I take another 10 mg at hour 6?

Board reply

No. Once per day is the frequency cap. Half-life is not a permission to redose when the first evening disappointed.