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How to Take Alprostadil and it's Dose


It comes as a powder to be mixed with the liquid provided in the package and injected into the penis and as a urethral suppository (pellet to be placed into the urinary opening of the penis), and newborns injection administered into the vein.

Dosage & When it is to be taken

IV- The recommended starting dose is 0.1 micrograms per kilogram of body weight per minute.

When it is not to be taken (Contraindications)

Contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity,and hyaline membrane disease.

Drug Name : Alprostadil

This medication is a vasodilator, prescribed for erectile dysfunction (impotence; inability to get or keep an erection) in men.


Trade Names/Brand Names of Alprostadil

India :


International :


Caverject, Edex, Muse
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