Taking ED medication will be simple and easy the first time you use it, if you know what to expect. Here’s what you need to know:

1. You will not get aroused unless you are in a setting where sex is likely to occur, so you won’t suddenly become hard, for example, while grocery shopping.

2. Most men have success the first use but if you don’t, no worries. It usually will work the second time. If not, see your doc for options.

3. It takes about 15 minutes to an hour to begin working, but “working” does not mean you have an erection the entire time the pill is working

4. The pill is effective from 4 to 36 hours depending on the type you use. During the effective time span, you will be able to get and maintain an erection once you and your partner are in the right place and both in the mood.

5. The erection will be gone after sexual activity.

6. You can have more than one sexual experience within the time the pill is effective, provided there is a strong desire between you and your partner. This is especially true of the longer acting pill that lasts over 24 hours.

7. The drug will usually take affect more quickly if taken on an empty stomach

8. Side effects are mild. These may include indigestion, headache, a stuffy nose, and hot flushes

In essence, you are just as you would be if you didn’t have a problem with erections. If you typically had the desire for sex every other day before you began having erection problems, you will be the same when you take the medication. If you typically had sex once a week, it will be the same when you use ED pills. The idea is not to make you into a sex machine but to restore you sex life to what it was before ED began.