Medicine Side Effects

Many men have erection difficulties that are related to medicines they take for other health problems. These may include medicines for:

• High blood pressure


• Heart disease


• Depression


• Anxiety

Don’t stop taking your medicine, even if you think it affects your erections. Instead, talk with your doctor. He or she may be able to prescribe a medicine to improve your erectile function.

Pharmacists are also good sources of information. They can tell you how medicines work together, and which ones may affect your erections.

Also of Interest

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Sal urges the partners of men with erection difficulties to be supportive.