Have you ever met a situation where you are surging with your partner but your little brother is not awesome? Physical impotence "not awesome" believe that many men will certainly be distressed. In recent years, medical science has found that more and more male patients with impotence are not due to diseases, mental factors, but related to drugs. So impotence may be due to taking the wrong medicine, so impotence may be due to taking the wrong medicine. What kind of medicine would it be due to taking the wrong medicine?
Clinical investigations have also pointed out that some men experience impotence like symptoms after taking certain drugs, and many of them recover without treatment after discontinuing these drugs. So what drugs can cause impotence in men?
Six types of drugs can lead to drug impotence in men
1. Anti hypertensive drugs: These drugs account for the largest number of patients with drug-induced impotence. It is now generally believed that among antihypertensive drugs, the main causes of ED are diuretics and β- Receptor blockers.
2. Gastrointestinal drugs: Gastrointestinal drugs that are widely used, such as cimetidine, ranitidine, and nisatidine, are mainly used to treat peptic ulcers. There are more and more case reports indicating that they can cause sexual dysfunction. For example, young men who take cimetidine for a long time may experience ED, loss of libido, and breast development.
3. Antidepressants: Among commonly used antidepressants, imipramine, amitriptyline, clomipramine, and novel selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors can all cause erectile dysfunction, ejaculation abnormalities, and lack of libido.
4. Psychostimulants and anesthetics: The most common are alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, heroin, marijuana, etc.
5. Anti tumor drugs: The damage of anti tumor drugs to the gonads is easily overlooked. Drugs such as cyclophosphamide, nitrogen mustard, vincristine, and cytarabine can cause erectile dysfunction or sperm deficiency in men, while women can experience menstrual disorders and menopause.
6. Prostate Drugs: Drugs that treat prostate hyperplasia, such as 5- α Reductase inhibitors (trade name: Baoliezhi) can also have side effects of erectile dysfunction and reduced ejaculation. In addition, commonly used drugs for the treatment of prostate cancer, such as antiandrogenic drugs (Fuzhier, etc.), can affect sexual desire, penis erection, ejaculation, etc. by affecting the secretion of androgens.
For this reason, experts say that if the family's own sexual life has been relatively regular before, but suddenly feels powerless after taking certain drugs, it is necessary to pay attention to whether it is drug-induced impotence. However, if there is still impotence after discontinuation of the drug, it is best to go to the hospital for examination immediately. However, it is important to remember that sudden impotence may be due to taking the wrong medication.