I can’t suggest any vitamins or anything, but i encourage you to talk with your doctor about this issue. Erectile dysfunction is a VERY common side effect of blood pressure medications. In fact it’s the number 1 reason for noncompliance in men. Don’t be embarrassed or afraid to bring it up with your doc, even if she is a lady. Trained professionals (doctors, nurses etc.) don’t get nervous or unsettled by these questions. In fact we hear it quite often. Your doc may be able to switch your BP med so that this problem is reduced or eliminated. Most of them have this side effect, but some to a lesser degree than others.
Please tell your Dr. I work for a cardiology clinic and we sometimes have to change meds or give meds to help with erectile dysfunction.
Please know it does not bother us any more than if you told me your big toe was not working properly. Matter of fact if I see that one of our male patients are on an erectile med I will ask them if they are taking them, if they are helping, if the need more. Sexual function is an important part of a healthy and happy life for a majority of the population.
There are a lot of anti-hypertensive drugs that can cause erectile dysfunction, which usually doesn’t matter in older patients but obviously matters to you, otherwise you wouldn’t have posted a question on Yahoo Answers for everyone to see.
The usual protocol for this is to determine which drug is causing your erectile dysfunction and replace it with another erectile-friendly drug. Since only your doctor has your chart and knows what drug/s you are taking, only he can indicate whether or not you can switch and to what drug.
Vitamins won’t help you out. Just make an appointment with your doctor and in no time your problem will disappear (if, of course, the erectile dysfunction was caused by the drug in the first place).
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November 13th, 2010 at 5:41 am
I can’t suggest any vitamins or anything, but i encourage you to talk with your doctor about this issue. Erectile dysfunction is a VERY common side effect of blood pressure medications. In fact it’s the number 1 reason for noncompliance in men. Don’t be embarrassed or afraid to bring it up with your doc, even if she is a lady. Trained professionals (doctors, nurses etc.) don’t get nervous or unsettled by these questions. In fact we hear it quite often. Your doc may be able to switch your BP med so that this problem is reduced or eliminated. Most of them have this side effect, but some to a lesser degree than others.
November 13th, 2010 at 6:15 am
Please tell your Dr. I work for a cardiology clinic and we sometimes have to change meds or give meds to help with erectile dysfunction.
Please know it does not bother us any more than if you told me your big toe was not working properly. Matter of fact if I see that one of our male patients are on an erectile med I will ask them if they are taking them, if they are helping, if the need more. Sexual function is an important part of a healthy and happy life for a majority of the population.
November 13th, 2010 at 6:43 am
There are a lot of anti-hypertensive drugs that can cause erectile dysfunction, which usually doesn’t matter in older patients but obviously matters to you, otherwise you wouldn’t have posted a question on Yahoo Answers for everyone to see.
The usual protocol for this is to determine which drug is causing your erectile dysfunction and replace it with another erectile-friendly drug. Since only your doctor has your chart and knows what drug/s you are taking, only he can indicate whether or not you can switch and to what drug.
Vitamins won’t help you out. Just make an appointment with your doctor and in no time your problem will disappear (if, of course, the erectile dysfunction was caused by the drug in the first place).