Post Date December, 02 2023
According to the study, about 5% - 20% of female sexual dysfunction is caused by high dose or unreasonable long-term medication. Once these drugs are stopped, without any special treatment, the sexual function of the vast majority of women will recover. Men will also cause drug-induced ED due to taking gastrointestinal drugs.
Therefore, experts suggest that if sexual dysfunction occurs, you should check your medication history first. How to have sex has been more regular before, but suddenly the number of times has dropped sharply, and it is the person who wants to do it, but is unable to do it, and this bad state lasts for more than half a year, so you should suspect that there is a problem in sexual function and seek medical advice in time.
Six kinds of male drugs can cause ED
1. Antihypertensive drugs. Antihypertensive drugs have caused the most reports of ED. Now it is generally believed that among antihypertensive drugs, diuretics and β- Receptor blockers.
2. Gastrointestinal drugs that are widely used. Cimetidine, ranitidine and Nizaotidine are mainly used to treat peptic ulcer, and more and more cases report that they can cause sexual dysfunction. For example, young men who take cimetidine for a long time may have ED, loss of libido and breast development.
3. Antidepressants. Among the commonly used antidepressants, imipramine, amitriptyline, clomipramine, and new selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can cause erectile dysfunction, ejaculation abnormalities, and lack of sexual desire.
4. Psychostimulants and narcotics. The most common are alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, etc.
5. Antitumor drugs. The damage of anti-tumor drugs to gonads is easy to be ignored. Among them, cyclophosphamide, nitrogen mustard, vincristine, cytarabine and other drugs can cause erectile dysfunction or sperm deficiency in men, while women will have menstrual disorders and menopause.
6. Prostate drugs. Drugs for treating prostatic hyperplasia, such as 5- α Reductase inhibitors also have side effects of erectile dysfunction and decreased ejaculation. In addition, the commonly used drugs for the treatment of prostate cancer, such as anti-androgen drugs, will affect sexual desire, penis erection, ejaculation, etc. by affecting the secretion of androgen.
However, experts said that the impact of drugs on sexual function is generally transient, that is, it will have an impact during the use of drugs or within a short time after use, and will gradually recover later.
(Intern editor: Huang Junda)
