Can Dose Track track an as-needed medication?

Yes. Set tadalafil to as needed and there is no reminder; you log each dose when you take it, with the time, and the tablet count still goes down.

Can I track daily tadalafil with TRT?

Yes. Each medication has its own schedule and reminder, and they all show in one log.

Does Dose Track warn about nitrates with tadalafil?

Dose Track has an interaction checker you can use to look up two compounds. The Cialis label is clear that it must not be used with any form of organic nitrate.

Tadalafil Tracker: Daily or As-Needed Doses

Dose Track logs tadalafil whether you take it once a day or only as needed: daily doses get a reminder, as-needed doses are logged with the time you took them, and the tablets left in your bottle are counted down either way.

What is the Tadalafil schedule?

The Cialis label has two ways to take it for ED: as needed, starting at 10 mg before sexual activity (5 mg to 20 mg, at most once per day in most patients), or once daily, starting at 2.5 mg and up to 5 mg. For BPH, and for ED with BPH, the dose is 5 mg once daily. Lower limits apply with kidney or liver impairment and some medicines.

From the FDA label for Cialis, section 2.1.
Use	Starting dose	Dose changes the label allows	How often
As needed for ED	10 mg, taken prior to anticipated sexual activity	May be increased to 20 mg or decreased to 5 mg, based on efficacy and tolerability	Maximum recommended frequency is once per day in most patients
Once daily for ED	2.5 mg	May be increased to 5 mg, based on efficacy and tolerability	Once daily at about the same time, without regard to timing of sexual activity
Once daily for BPH	5 mg	None given; when started with finasteride, 5 mg for up to 26 weeks	Once daily at about the same time
Once daily for ED and BPH	5 mg	None given	Once daily at about the same time, without regard to timing of sexual activity

The two ways of taking it track differently. Once-daily use is a schedule with a reminder at about the same time each day. As-needed use is set as "as needed" in Dose Track, so there is no reminder, but each dose is logged with its time.

What form does Tadalafil come in?

Cialis and generic tadalafil are tablets. The label says not to split them. If you take it daily and another strength as needed, add each as its own bottle so both counts stay right.

Cialis is a tablet taken by mouth, with or without food (section 2.5). The label says not to split tablets; the entire dose should be taken (section 2). It comes in 5 mg, 10 mg and 20 mg tablets (section 3).

For use as needed, one tablet is taken at least 30 minutes before anticipated sexual activity, and in most patients the ability to have intercourse is improved for up to 36 hours (section 17.11).

For once daily use, one tablet is taken at about the same time every day; for ED and ED with BPH, without regard to the timing of sexual activity (sections 2.2 to 2.4).

What should you track on Tadalafil?

Each row is something worth writing down for Tadalafil, why it matters for this medicine, and what Dose Track does with it.

What to track on Tadalafil and how Dose Track handles it.
What to track	Why it matters	In Dose Track
Time of each dose	As needed, the label gives at most one dose a day in most patients; effects last up to 36 hours after a dose.	Each dose is logged with its time, so you can see when the last one was.
Daily reminder	Once-daily use is taken at about the same time every day (2.2).	A daily reminder at your time.
Other medicines	The label says never with nitrates or riociguat, and to take care with alpha-blockers and blood pressure medicines (4, 5.6).	Use the interaction checker to look up how two compounds interact, and keep every medicine you take in one list.
Blood pressure	Tadalafil can add to the blood-pressure-lowering effect of other medicines (5.6).	Log blood pressure in Vitals.
Tablets left	Daily use empties a bottle on a fixed schedule; as-needed use does not.	Each logged tablet comes off the bottle, with a run-out date based on how often you actually take it.

Which side effects does the Cialis label list?

In the label's placebo-controlled trials of Cialis taken as needed for ED, the most common side effects were headache (11% to 15% vs 5% on placebo), indigestion (4% to 10% vs 1%), back pain (3% to 6% vs 3%), muscle aches, nasal congestion and flushing. Back pain and muscle aches usually started 12 to 24 hours after a dose. Cialis has no boxed warning.

In Dose Track, log headache, back pain, muscle aches or anything else you notice, with a severity and the time, next to the dose it followed. The label says back pain and muscle aches usually start 12 to 24 hours after a dose.

Cialis side effects from the FDA label

What if you miss a Tadalafil dose?

For once daily use for BPH, the Patient Information says: if you miss a dose, you may take it when you remember, but do not take more than one dose per day. The prescribing information gives no separate missed-dose rule for the other uses. (Patient Information) Missed a Cialis dose.

In Dose Track a missed dose stands out in your history, so you can see the gap and count from the right day.

More about Tadalafil on Dose Track

Dose Track is a tracking app, not medical advice. It records what you and your prescriber decide; it does not recommend doses. Check any dose change with your prescriber.

Tadalafil tracker: daily or as-needed doses