If recent medical research is anything to go by, male impotence is a bigger problem than was at first thought and in America for instance, erection problems affect 10% of men aged between 18 and 70 but worse still is the figure of over half of men in the 40 to 70 age range. Judging from studies, an estimated 18-30 million men in the USA alone are affected by impotence and require many form of impotency treatment.
Successful impotence treatments have been demonstrated to improve intimacy and satisfaction, improve sexual aspects of quality of life and relieve symptoms of depression. It is often thought that those who put up with premature ejaculation are suffering from erectile dysfunction and require impotency treatment but this is not necessarily true.
The majority of specialists in this field agree that impotence treatments should start with the least aggressive techniques first and only proceeding to invasive treatments if the others fail so that means reducing the use of any damaging drugs first. Modifications to conduct are looked at next and then mechanical vacuum devices, localised injections, penis implants and as a last recourse an operation to correct the situation surgically.
Techniques that use the man’s partner to try and help him unwind are based on impotency treatments that deal with an individual’s psychological problems. Often the problem is a physical one and these methods are used to treat those with success as well.
Tablets taken by mouth are the most common form of impotence treatment when utilising drugs but they can also be dispensed using an injection directly into the penis or inserted into the top of the penis. After much debate, the wonder impotency drug Viagra was given approval for use by the FDA in March 1998 and it was the first such tablet to be employed and needed to be taken an hour prior to intercourse. Nonetheless, there are restrictions in its use as it cannot be used more than once each day and unlike injections, it takes longer for the erection to occur. Many men have reduced levels of testosterone but this can be rectified with oral medication although it is still not verified that the responses to this impotence treatment are not those that are provided by a placebo effect.
Many men gain an erection by utilising an impotency intervention which injects drugs into the penis, stimulating it to become engorged with blood. These drugs may produce unwelcome side effects, including continual erection and scarring. Pellets inserted into the penis via a pre-filled applicator are able to give an erection in as little as ten minutes and can last up to an hour.
Vacuum cylinders that encase the penis are a form of impotence treatment that uses a partial vacuum to draw blood into the penis thereby making an erection. An flexible band is then situated around the base of the penis, to sustain the erection after the cylinder is withdrawn and left on during sexual intercourse to prevent blood from flowing back into the body.
Owing to the size of the problem, impotency interventions are improving all the time so prior to any decision is made it is worthwhile speaking to your physician first. Before employing any form of drug or device for dealing with impotency, prescribed or not, it is worthwhile investigating any possible side effects.