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In commercials for medication, after showing the generic happy older couple having a picnic or riding a paddleboat, a voiceover quickly lists all of the potential side effects that this particular drug can cause. While this voiceover sometimes goes too fast to catch every side effect, this fast-talking voice could be warning you that this medication could lead to the loss of your erection.

Be it prescribed or over-the-counter, just about everyone seems to have a pill or two they pop every morning. In fact, a recent study found that 70 percent of Americans take prescription drugs. While these drugs certainly help in their intended usage, they can sometimes lead to issues elsewhere in the body. Some may cause lower blood pressure, or aching of the joints, or your daily little pill could be spelling the end of your erection.

The list of drugs that can cause erectile dysfunction is varied, so it would be wise to consult our list to see if you’re taking one of the following medications.

• Diuretics and high blood pressure drugs
• Antidepressant, anti-anxiety, and antiepileptic drugs
• Antihistamines
• Anti-inflammatory drugs
• Parkinson’s Disease medication
• Antiarrythmics
• Muscle relaxants
• Prostate cancer medication
• Chemotherapy drugs

If you find yourself struggling to regularly achieve an erection and you take any of the aforementioned drugs, consult your doctor about this issue and determine your best course of action. Your doctor may say the medication isn’t to blame, but it’s good to be safe. If your medication is the culprit for your poor erectile health, determine a safe alternative medication that will keep you, and your erection, healthy.

Viagra, like any medication, works best when taken under specific conditions. If you opt to take Viagra whenever you feel it is needed, you may find yourself dealing with mixed results. If not taken properly, you could find yourself waiting hours for the effects to kick in, or you may find it not kicking in at all.

If you’re looking to get the best bang for your buck with Viagra, follow these tips and you should see the results of Viagra quickly.

Be Ready: While most men seem to think that popping a Viagra will result in an instantaneous erection, this isn’t the case. Viagra simply helps your erection to spring to life, but it still needs some encouragement to kick in. Get sexually stimulated and Viagra will do the rest.

Time It: If you down your Viagra fill minutes before you’re set to get down to business, you’ll find yourself disappointed. Viagra takes time to take hold. It is advised that you take Viagra about an hour before sexual activity. If you’re a long-term planner, you can take Viagra up to four hours ahead of sexual activity and still be ready to go.

Don’t Fill Up: When the Viagra reaches your stomach, it must be digested and dispersed throughout your body. But if your erection has to wait in line to be digested, you could be left waiting around for the drug to take hold. Don’t eat a high fat meal before ingesting Viagra or it will take longer to start working.

So remember: Be sexually stimulated, time it, and don’t eat too much. If you follow these tips, you’ll get better results from Viagra, and you’ll be ready to get down to business.

When most men think “erectile dysfunction,” they tend to think of old men, unable to get it up while dealing with back pains, memory loss, and the inability to stay awake. While it is true that erectile dysfunction becomes increasingly prevalent in older men, the truth is that erectile dysfunction affects men of all ages. So whether you’re 22 or 82, it’s possible that ED could strike at any moment.

“But that’s impossible!” You may think to yourself. “I’m young, and I’ve never heard of anyone my age experiencing erectile dysfunction!”

More and more young men are experiencing erectile dysfunction, with a recent study finding that 26% of men under 40 had been affected by ED. But the key difference between young men experiencing ED and older men experiencing ED is the root causes.

In older men, the cause of erectile dysfunction is mostly physical in nature, with the heart slowing, reducing blood flow, and making erection difficulty. However, in younger men, the causes of erectile dysfunction tend to by psychological in nature.

Stress at work, relationship problems, depression, and anxiety are all common causes of erectile dysfunction amongst young men.

Furthermore, drinking to excess and casual drug use is prevalent amongst young men. Alcohol and drugs have been found to constrict the blood vessels, greatly decreasing blood flow, which can make it difficult to achieve an erection.

So ED can strike at any time, at any age. To ensure you don’t have to worry about erectile dysfunction until you’re older, make good life choices, eat well, be active, and live a happy, full life.

As a man gets older, there are some inevitabilities: Your joints are going to creak, your hearing will get worse, you’ll slow down. But is losing your erection one of those inevitabilities?

Unfortunately, yes. The day is going to come when you won’t be able to achieve an erection like you used to. But depending on how you live your life, when this inevitability strikes isn’t entirely set in stone.

Erectile dysfunction becomes increasingly common as you grow older, with a recent study from the National Institute of Health finding that 17% of men in their 60’s experience erectile dysfunction. So most men seem to think that erectile dysfunction will become a serious issue as they enter their 60’s, but the truth is that your lifestyle choices can drastically affect when it happens to you.

If you live a life of fast food, no exercise, smoking, and drinking to excess, erectile dysfunction could strike when you’re young. But if you look after your body, stay active, and eat well, it could be well into your golden years before your erection kicks the bucket.

That’s not to say a lifetime of neglect to your body can’t be undone. Making serious positive lifestyle changes later in life could help your chances at saving your erection. But the key is starting these lifestyle choices sooner rather than later; if you decide to make these changes in your 80’s, it will already be too late for your erection.

So, yes, ED is going to strike eventually. But it is entirely up to you when exactly it does strike.

Every man is going to have the occasional missed erection. Maybe you’re tired, or your mind is preoccupied, or you’re just not in the mood. It happens. But when you begin to see consistent missed erections, it can be easy to panic. You’ll run through the mental list of causes, combing through your memory to determine what recent events lead to this issue.

But it’s important to determine if you truly have erectile dysfunction or you’re just having an off day.

Thankfully, you don’t need to pay a costly doctor’s bill to determine if you have erectile dysfunction. There is a simple test that can be performed in the safety of your own home that can help to determine your erectile health.

Here’s how it’s done:

1. Pick up some stamps: Stop by your local post office and grab a roll of stamps, the kind with dry glue on the back.
2. Get ready: Before you go to bed, pull your flaccid penis through the fly in your underwear. Make sure your pubic hair is out of the way, and check to make sure the shaft of your penis is exposed and easily accessible.
3. Apply the stamps: Moisten the stamps on the roll, and then wrap them around your penis. Make sure the stamps overlap, with no break in the chain. Once the stamps are secured, put your penis back in your sheets and go to bed.
4. Check the results: When you awake, check to see if the ring of stamps have been broken. If the stamps are broken, that indicates that you had an erection in your sleep, and are capable of achieving an erection. If the stamps are unbroken, that indicates that you are unable to achieve an erection.

Once you’ve performed this test, you can then determine how best to address the issue. If you did not achieve an erection, that could indicate something is wrong physically with your erection, and a doctor should be consulted.

Communication can make or break a relationship. If you aren’t able to effectively talk with your partner, your relationship will suffer, and things will eventually fall apart. Whether it be about the firmness of your erection, what you want to do for dinner, or your feelings on the in-laws, communication is key.

But even the most seasoned of couples might find it a little difficult to open up when it comes to the subject of erectile health. It’s an incredibly personal subject, and many men will shy away from the subject, even if their ability to achieve an erection is suffering.

But erectile dysfunction affects both members of a relationship. Relationships require a healthy physical aspect, and erectile dysfunction can put a serious damper on this. When a couple is unable to connect on a sexual level, feelings can begin to bubble up that could place your relationship at risk.

Instead of suffering in silence, open up a dialogue about the issue. Talk about how the erectile dysfunction affects both of you, and open the floor for questions from both sides. Work together to determine the best way to overcome ED, be it from medication, weight loss, or an alternative solution. If you should decide to seek medical help, invite your partner to accompany you.

The ultimate goal of talking about erectile dysfunction is to build support. For a relationship to thrive, both parties need to feel as though their partner has their back. If you both clam up and simply let the problem get worse, it’s going to lead to a serious strain on the relationship.

So remember: If you’re a man suffering from ED, you’re not in it alone. Talk to your partner, open up, support one another, and you’ll get through this.

Some men choose to smoke because they like having something to do with their hands. Some men choose to smoke because they started when they were young, and just can’t imagine stopping now. Whatever the reason, the truth is that lots of men choose to smoke, even though it is general knowledge that smoking is really, really bad for you. While some smokers can wave off the cries of “It will kill you!” by reasoning that they’re going to die eventually anyway, it’s a lot harder to ignore “It will make you lose your erection!”

Yes, it’s easy to write off the various health problems that smoking is known to cause, but no man can ignore potentially losing their beloved erection. Research has found that men who smoke are twice as likely to develop erectile dysfunction than nonsmokers. Furthermore, research has found that a whopping 20% of men who smoke will one day experience some form of erectile dysfunction.

This high percentage is due to the fact that smoking is notorious for narrowing your arteries, which plays a vital part in slowing blood flow to your erection. When your arteries are constricted, blood flow is greatly diminished. Your erection requires blood, and lots of it, to function properly. So when blood can’t quickly reach your penis, that means lots of missed erections.

“But 20% is kind of low,” you might reason. “Erectile dysfunction won’t happen to me! “

Erectile loss due to smoking is very real, and it afflicts many men. 20% of millions of smokers is still a very large number, so chances are good that you could one day be a part of this percentage.

So do yourself a favor and kick smoking to the curb. Your general health will improve, you’ll live longer, and your erection will be safe.

Medication, while useful, can get expensive. If you’re a man struggling with erectile dysfunction, it may seem like getting down to business in the bedroom is going to cost you a pretty penny. Surely there must be a natural solution to this issue? A friend told you that watermelon has Viagra-esque qualities, but you didn’t buy it. But to save a couple bucks, you’re willing to do anything.

So, should you toss out your ED medication and invest in a watermelon garden?

Well, the jury is still out on how effective watermelon is at overcoming erectile dysfunction, but it is true that watermelon does work similarly to Viagra and other established ED medication.

So how can watermelon help with your ED? It works like this: Watermelon is chock full of an amino acid called citrulline. When citrulline enters the body, it is converted into a new amino acid, called arginine.  This arginine is then distributed throughout the body, where it aids in blood vessel dilation. When your blood vessels are dilated, blood can efficiently flow through the body, reaching important parts of the body quickly.

With blood flow improved, blood can then reach your penis, which leads to improved chances at achieving an erection.

Erectile dysfunction medication works in the same way, so, theoretically, watermelon should be able to do what Viagra does. But the difference is that Viagra is an exact science, while eating watermelon for ED is more hazy.

Despite extensive research into the ability of watermelon to overcome ED, researchers have not been able to pinpoint how much watermelon it takes for your erection to spring back to life.

So while Viagra may take a single pill, you could be munching on several watermelons before you see the effects.

So while it may sound tempting to go au natural with fighting your ED, stick with the sure thing.

You’re not much of a morning person, and work starts at 8 o’clock sharp. This has lead to you developing a solid 2-cups of coffee a morning habit, with occasional extra cups as the day goes on. Also, you’ve been known to have a Coke with lunch, which means even more caffeine for your body to process. So you’re nice and wired, but you’ve heard rumors that too much caffeine can lead to complications downstairs. Is your dependence on coffee killing your erection?

Well, yes and no.

You see, despite extensive research, no direct link has been found between caffeine consumption and erectile dysfunction. Even if you’re averaging 10 cups of Joe a day, you’re not going to see your erection kick the bucket.

So you won’t see the caffeine directly affecting your erectile health. But that’s not to say that caffeine can’t lead to ED.

When consumed, caffeine causes the blood vessels to constrict, thus slowing blood flow. If you’re constantly consuming caffeine, this causes the blood vessels to be perpetually constricted. This blood vessel constriction can lead to hypertension and heart disease. Hypertension and heart disease can lead to, you guessed it, erectile dysfunction.

So while caffeine won’t directly cause you to lose your erection, it could lead to ED in a roundabout way.

Space out your coffee throughout the day, limit your caffeine intake, and cut down on sugary soft drinks, and you’ll be doing your blood vessels a big favor. When your blood vessels are okay, that means your erection is safe. And when your erection is safe, that means you’re happy.