Side
Effects of Medications and Drugs
Do you know that more than 200 prescription and
non-prescription medicines are known to cause erectile
function in man?
While some ED drugs
encourage impotence by acting on the central nervous
system, others affect the force of blood supply to the
penis, or promote relaxation of the blood vessels.
Medications & Drugs
- Medications used to treat high
blood pressure (arterial hypertension), such
as spironolactone and thiazide diuretics, and beta-blockers.
- Medications used to treat
depression (antidepressives) and anxiety (anxiolytics),
such as phenotiazine.
- Medications used to treat neurological disorders,
such as Parkinson's disease and others.
- Medications used to treat gastrointestinal ailments,
such as cimetidine.
- Medications used to treat allergies.
- Substance Abuse.
Did You Know that More than 80% or
chronic alcoholics suffer from constant impotence? Scientific
studies have also shown that heavy smokers have important
damage to their genital blood supply.
Another major cause of impotence is substance abuse
due to chronic abuse or high dosages of Alcohol, tobacco,
marijuana (cannabis), cocaine and other recreational
drugs.
Neurological Damage:
Disorders of the nervous system
Impotence is caused by Nervous diseases or
damage to the nerves which control the erection process.
Some nervous diseases like Parkinson's disease and other
diseases of the motor system, stroke, multiple sclerosis,
neurosyphilis, hypothalamo-hypophysiary disease, some
tumors of the brain and of the pituitary gland, and
epilepsy affect potency. These diseases affect the brain
structures which are responsible for the central control
of sexual drive and performance. Among these are: Injuries
to the spinal cord or nerves leading or coming from
the genital area.
Prostate cancer is one of the major causes
of impotency. Prostate surgery damages the nerves
in more than 80% of the cases. Few patients recover
sexual function, completely or partially, after a year
or so, but the majority remains impotent for life. Radiation
therapy of prostate cancer, also affects sexual potency
too. Other pelvic surgeries may have a detrimental effect
of erection.
Another significant cause of impotence is trauma to
the groin. This is more common in some sports. Recent
studies prove that biking may be a major cause of impotence,
because strong blows of the perineum (the triangle between
the anus and the base of the scrotum) against the front
bar are very damaging.
Structural Damage
to the Penis
Structural damage to the penis may be due to:
Fibrosis of the penis tissues, caused by scarring or
organic diseases; Peyronie's disease (which lead to
an abnormal curving of the penis); the painful withdrawal
of the penis' foreskin; genital herpes; cysts and tumors.
Hormonal Disorders
About 5 to 10% of men suffer from some kind
of hormonal disorder. The most common, which is related
with aging, is a constant decrease in the levels of
testosterone, the main sexual hormone of man. It is
due to a decrease in the capacity of the testicular
cells to create testosterone. It is male equal to female
"menopause".
Decrease in testosterone leads to decrease in sexual
libido and performance because the brain circuits and
the penis tissues are dependent on this hormone's levels
Low levels of testosterone affect the primary and secondary
sexual characteristics in man like body hair , atrophy
of the testes and penis, an enlargement of the breasts,
called gynecomastia and hypogonadism (from gonads, or
sexual glands).
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