Erectile dysfunction is also called as impotence means repeated inability to get and keep the erection during the sexual intercourse. In the older men erectile dysfunction have the physical cause which can be disease, injury or any physical side effect of drugs. Erectile dysfunction can be treated at any age. More men have been seeking help and returning to normal sexual activity because of improved, successful treatments for Erectile Dysfunction.

Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects the lives of many middle-aged men and their partners to one degree or another. The term erectile dysfunction covers a range of disorders, but usually refers to the inability to obtain an adequate erection for satisfactory sexual activity. Erectile dysfunction can be treated in wide variety of ways. Read the rest of this entry »

Numerous men have been taking Viagra for erectile dysfunction, and it was noted that Viagra does not only have an effect to a man’s sexual function, but it also has an effect on the heart. Effects of the hormonal stress to the human heart were noted to be decreased in men taking Viagra. The study, when tried on mice, was more noticeable as it had the tendency to avert and undo the harmful long-term effects of chronic hypertension on their heart.

Since Viagra has an effect to dilate genital blood vessels to maintain an erection, research was done if it has an effect on the human heart. And it was found out that it has potential benefits for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Read the rest of this entry »

The term ‘male impotence’ was made to come out from locked doors by Viagra. Even today Viagra is the most preferred drug for the treatment of Erectile Dysfunction. Viagra changed the way ED was treated in men. It was the first oral treatment for erectile dysfunction in men. Viagra helped in bringing back sexual pleasures and sexual fantasies back into men’s life who thought they were impotent.

Viagra has come a long way since its launch. As Viagra has been in the market for so long, side effects of Viagra have become more obvious. The latest of the side effects found by some German scientists is that higher doses of Viagra (sildenafil) may impair the ability to smell, which is possibly related to an increase in nasal congestion. Read the rest of this entry »

Background to Erectile Dysfunction

As the recorded incidence goes, launch of Viagra in 1998 increased awareness of erectile dysfunction.

Prior to the introduction of the first oral medication to treat this common affliction associated with the aging process, most men simply had to suffer in silence with the sort of resignation they applied to balding or sagging skin. Read the rest of this entry »