Strangely, impotence is exceedingly common in men and in national surveys of males in the USA between the ages of 18-59, ten percent claim they have difficulty achieving or maintaining an erection, and in males between 40-70 years of age this increases to fifty two percent. Estimates from study now indicate that anywhere between 18 and 30 million men in America alone are affected and have sought advice on impotency treatments.
Productive impotency treatments have been established to improve intimacy and satisfaction, improve sexual aspects of quality of life and alleviate symptoms of depression. Premature ejaculation is not, as many people think, an erectile problem and accordingly it does not impotence treatment.
The majority of specialists in this field agree that impotence treatments should start with the least invasive methods first and only proceeding to invasive treatments if the others fail so that means reducing the use of any damaging drugs first. Psychotherapy and behavior modifications are considered next, followed by vacuum cylinders, oral drugs, topically injected drugs, and surgically embedded devices and very rarely, surgery on the penis itself.
Utilising the man’s partner, impotence treatment techniques can be employed that help relax and reduce the man’s stress when he thinks about the problems he has with intercourse. These methods can also help relieve anxiety when physical impotence is being treated.
Drugs when employed as an impotency treatment can be taken by mouth, injected directly into the penis, or introduced into the urethra at the top of the penis. After much debate, the wonder impotency drug Viagra was given approval for use by the FDA in March 1998 and it was the first such pill to be used and needed to be taken an hour before intercourse. While Viagra increases the response to sexual stimulus, it does not create an automatic erection as injected drugs do and should not be used more than once each day. One impotence treatment with drugs, replaces the testosterone employing a pill taken orally for men that have reduced levels of natural testosterone but it is still unclear just how much of its success is down to the placebo effect.
When injections directly into the penis are used as an impotency treatment, the erection is the result of the penis becoming full of blood. These drugs may produce undesirable side effects, including continual erection and scarring. A pellet of Alprostadil inserted into the top of the penis using an application device produce an erection in as little as ten minutes which may last anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.
Vacuum cylinders that wrap around the penis are a type of impotency treatment that applies a partial vacuum to draw blood into the penis thereby creating an erection. Once the vacuum cylinder is removed an elastic band is put around the base of the penis to maintain the erection during intercourse.
Owing to the size of the problem, impotency treatments are improving all the time so before any decision is made it is worthwhile speaking to your doctor first. Prior to using any form of drug or device for treating impotency, prescribed or not, it is worthwhile inquiring any possible side effects.
