If recent study is anything to go by, male impotency is a bigger problem than was at first thought and in America for instance, erection problems affect ten percent of males aged between 18 and 70 but worse still is the figure of over half of males in the 40 to 70 age range. These studies estimate that anything up to 30 million males in America need many form of impotence treatment.

Modern impotence treatments can help improve intimacy between couples which can enhance other sexual aspects leading to greater gratification and less stress. Premature ejaculation is not, as many people think, an erectile dysfunction and therefore it does not impotency treatment.

The majority of specialists in this field agree that impotence treatments should start with the least invasive techniques first and only proceeding to aggressive treatments if the others fail so that means reducing the use of any damaging drugs first. Psychotherapy and behavior modifications are considered next, followed by vacuum cylinders, oral drugs, locally injected drugs, and surgically implanted devices and very rarely, surgery on the penis itself.

Using the man’s partner, impotence treatment techniques can be employed that help relax and lower the man’s stress when he thinks about the problems he has with intercourse. These methods can also help relieve stress when physical impotence is being treated.

Drugs when employed as an impotency treatment can be taken orally, injected directly into the penis, or inserted into the urethra at the tip of the penis. After much deliberation, the wonder impotency drug Viagra was given approval for use by the FDA in March 1998 and it was the first such pill to be employed and needed to be taken an hour before intercourse. While Viagra increases the response to sexual stimulation, it does not produce an automatic erection as injected drugs do and should not be used more than once a day. One impotence treatment with drugs, replaces the testosterone utilising a pill taken by mouth for males that have low levels of natural testosterone but it is still confusing just how much of this is down to the placebo effect.

When injections directly into the penis are used as an impotency treatment, the erection is the result of the penis becoming full of blood. These drugs may produce undesirable side effects, including persistent erection and scarring. A pellet of Alprostadil inserted into the top of the penis using an application device produce an erection in as little as ten minutes which may last anywhere from half to one hour.

Mechanical vacuum devices are used as an impotence intervention that pulls blood into the penis making it enlarge. Even So, to ensure the erection remains, an elastic band is positioned around the base of the penis to stop the blood flowing back into the body once the vacuum device has been removed.

Studys on impotency treatment is enlarging rapidly and patients should ask their doctors about the latest advances. Prior to employing any form of drug or device for dealing with impotency, prescribed or not, it is worthwhile inquiring any potential side effects.