How Is Erectile Dysfunction Treated?

 

Some of the best-known treatments for erectile dysfunction (ED) are Viagra and similar medications. It is important to understand that these are not magic pills but powerful drugs with limitations and risks as well as potential advantages. These drugs work for some but not all people, and can have strong side effects and negative interactions with other drugs.

If Viagra or the Viagra-like pills dont work for you or arent recommended, other treatments are available for you and your physician to discuss.

Viagra and Related Drugs

Alprostadil Pellets and Penile Injection Therapy

Yohimbine and Other Herbal Therapy

Hormone Therapy

Vacuum Constriction Devices

Surgery

Counseling

Future Research

Latest Erectile Dysfunction News
Restless legs syndrome, erectile dysfunction linked?

December 31, 2009 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two disorders that seem completely unrelated except that each is the focus of massive drug company ad campaigns may actually have something in common: Older men who suffer from restless legs syndrome at night are almost twice as likely to have erectile dysfunction as those without restless legs, researchers report.

Shockwave therapy shows promise for ED

November 17, 2009 — LYON, FRANCE (Reuters Health) - It sounds painful, but shockwave therapy may be an effective treatment for men who suffer from erectile dysfunction (ED), according to a small study showcased here at the European Society for Sexual Medicine.

Pros and cons with "easier" prostate cancer surgery

October 13, 2009 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More and more men with prostate cancer who opt to have the organ surgically removed are choosing less invasive keyhole "prostatectomy" over the more traditional open or "radical" prostatectomy.

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