Quote:
Originally Posted by nigbo
Those of you who have experienced erection / libido problems from blood pressure medication mentioned in this thread have my sympathy.
I used to wake up 3 or 4 times a week with a more than useful erection - until I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. I was put on medication that successfully treated the blood pressure, but my erections vanished over night to a soft hard on at best once a month. I was then put onto statins to combat high cholesterol - and even that soft hard on vanished.
My GP is female and showed not the slightest interest in my erection 'problems' - so I asked for a private referral to a male urologist speciliast who confirmed the effects of my medication were well known and documented and prescribed me a course of Cialis. This has returned me to my orignal 'prowess' and despite this Cialis supposedly only lasting for @ 36 hours - in my case it lasts for up to 10 days.
I eventually found a website highlighting the side effects of a whole range of blood pressure / cholesterol medication and ran a copy off which I gave to my female GP next time I saw her - telling her to consider this aspect for any male patients she deals with in future
|
You are indeed right about medications such as blood pressure tablets causing erection problems and many GPs consider it an irrelevant side issue but you also need to be aware of the dangers of Cialis type medications as well. I know of a friend of a friend who died of a massive heart attack due to use of Viagara and the second time that I used it I got horrible pains in my calf muscles and have never been game to try it again, was it DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis). Hypertension can sometimes be controlled by changes in exercise and eating choices. Actually some of the choices are fairly simple, for example I found that drinking normal tea would pump my blood pressure up.
In the last 4 weeks I have been on an almost sugar free diet which has seen me drop 2kg even though most people say that I didn't have any to lose. I did actually and the weight has gone from the tummy and bum which is great. I have a serious slow progressing underlying medical condition and had been getting weaker over recent years (I'm 65) with associated erection problems but have found that there has been a noticeable improvement in the last few weeks. "Mr Happy" is starting to get a smile on his face again. I would suggest readers to try eliminating all cane sugar from your diet and cutting fruit down to a very small amount. The diet consists mainly of vegetables and meat and you can get more info at sarahwilson.com.au You could get many other health benefits even if you are not having erection problems especially for those suffering skin problems.