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"And not surprisingly, they can be a rare overreaction to such drugs as Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra, which are used to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), commonly called impotence. Priapism can also be a sign of carbon monoxide poisoning as well as alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and other drug abuse. In addition, it can signal a spinal cord injury or disease, as well as an injury to the penis. Priapism is considered a medical emergency that, if untreated, can lead to serious scarring and permanent ED. WARNING SIGN Erectile dysfunction (ED) may be the earliest warning sign of heart disease." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"It was the first drug approved for treatment of erectile dysfunction in the United States. Purchase of Viagra requires a prescription from a licensed physician. A marketing campaign for the pills included direct advertising to the consumers and included the endorsement of former senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole.18 A blue pill in the shape of a diamond, Viagra (generic name Sildenafil) has become known as Vitamin V The immediate success of Viagra was phenomenal since the incidence of "erectile dysfunction" was surprisingly high." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"But men younger than fifty shouldn't have erectile dysfunction. Those who do are at increased risk of developing premature coronary artery disease. ED is angina of the reproductive organs. Women Three decades ago, the ratio of people admitted to coronary care units was roughly nine men to every woman. Unfortunately, this was not The New Cardiology Risk Assessment Here's a short and simple checklist that can determine your risk of a cardiovascular event based on the New Cardiology approach. You'll need to get blood work and an electron beam tomography [EBT] scan." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"Instead, the company promoted Viagra as treating "erectile dysfunction" or simply ED. Pfizer then spent millions of dollars hiring celebrities to promote its new pill, beginning with the aging Bob Dole, who admitted to having sexual problems after prostate cancer surgery. To expand the market to younger and healthier men, Pfizer later hired thirty-seven-year-old Rafael Palmeiro, the first baseman for the Texas Rangers. With the hiring of Palmeiro in 2002, the theme of the Viagra campaign became one about enhancing performance, whether on the baseball field or in bed." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "Step right up for free tips on your golf game, offered marketers working in a tent promoting Cialis, a drug for erectile dysfunction. Step right up for a free video lesson from a sports psychologist, the salesmen invited. By the way, they added, do we have the perfect drug for you! America has become the world's greatest medicine show. The marketing works. Never have Americans taken so many prescription drugs. Americans spent $250 billion in 2005 on prescription drugs, more than the combined gross domestic product of Argentina and Peru." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "In 1992, years before the emergence of diseases like erectile dysfunction and overactive bladder, the journalist Lynn Payer warned that medical marketers of all types—drug companies, doctors, hospitals, manufacturers of diagnostic tests, medical writers, and even patient advocacy groups—were convincing millions of healthy people that they were ill. Medical marketing would be beneficial, she argued, if the amount of disease were finite. Then medical providers would compete with one another to give patients the best treatment for their disease at the best possible price." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Men most often experience erectile dysfunction, while women may have problems with arousal, orgasm, or lubrication. ?Vision problems. Nerve damage to the eyes can make the pupils less responsive to light, which has negative effects on how people see at night or in any dark environment (see "Retinopathy and Other Vision Problems" in this chapter). Proximal Neuropathy Proximal (or lumbosacral plexus) neuropathy affects the nerves in the thighs, hips, and buttocks, usually on one side of the body only." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Up to one-third of men with type 2 diabetes have low levels of testosterone, which means they are at risk for loss of bone density and muscle tone, an increase in abdominal fat, and changes in mood and cognition, as well as reduced sex drive and erectile dysfunction. For many aging men who are deficient in testosterone, replacement to an optimal level can make a dramatic difference." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "See chapter 10 for a discussion of testosterone and erectile dysfunction.) THE BOTTOM LINE The take-home message is simple: you can prevent complications associated with diabetes, and you can greatly reduce their impact, if you minimize inflammation, oxidative stress, and glycation-induced damage from long-term blood sugar elevation and dietary glycotoxins. We describe all of those strategies in detail in the second part of this book." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"This supplement may contraindicate prescription drugs such as cyclosporine, anticoagulants, drugs for erectile dysfunction and calcium channel blockers. Cur cumin Curcumin is the yellow pigment from tumeric. It is an anti-inflammatory and anticancer remedy. By keeping inflammation down, it aids in preventing undifferentiated cell growth and tumours of the intestinal lining. Typical dosage is 300 mgs three times a day. This herb may enhance the effects of anti-coagulant drugs. Selenium Selenium is a mineral that is said to prevent tumour formation." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"We both use it clinically for treating angina, high blood pressure, erectile dysfunction, and stubborn risk factors we can't otherwise improve. Suggested dosage: 2,000 to 3,000 mg three times daily. To affect penis potency, take a single 8 gram dose at bedtime. L-arginine can be purchased as capsules or tablets in health food stores. You may want to obtain it as a bulk powder and mix it in juice, smoothies, or warm water. Be aware that the taste is not pleasant. See the supplement section in appendix A for more information." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"This includes loss of libido, delayed ejaculation, and erectile dysfunction. The antidepressants that don't have this side effect, like Wellbutrin, can be given in addition to an SSRI or substituted for it. Other antidepressants without sexual side effects include Remeron and Desyrel, drugs not in the SSRI class. SSRI treatment is also associated with about a threefold increase in the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Other possible side effects include nightmares, diarrhea, and erectile dysfunction. But for a vulnerable patient after a heart attack with advanced plaque and high blood pressure, a beta blocker is a good choice. Calcium Blockers Doctors use this class of antihypertensive drugs to reduce the tone of the arterial wall, aiming to improve blood flow through narrowed vessels. Although calcium blockers are effective for high blood pressure, they have a destabilizing influence on heart rate variability. Their long-term record is troubling." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.) "Viagra, the popular drug used for erectile dysfunction (ED). Viagra promotes the action of nitric oxide to help relax blood vessels and vascular smooth muscle tissue in the penis. The result: increased blood flow and a harder erection. It is interesting to note that Viagra was developed originally for CVD. It didn't work for that purpose because it increases the nitric oxide effect only in the penis and the eyes, and possibly in the pulmonary artery in kids with congenital heart disease." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"We are inundated by commercials promising improved sexual function for men, but what these commercials fail to mention is that although erectile dysfunction will improve with Viagra and the like, passion will not. Passion, that joie de vivre feeling that dwindles with age in both men and women, is often a symptom of low hormones. Hormones definitely improve sex, and this is particularly true for estradiol (for women) and testosterone (for men). As important as sex hormones are, without adequate thyroid, Cortisol, and growth hormone, sex drive will not be fully restored." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

"Its sellers' promotional materials say it heals cancer, depression, fevers, glaucoma, tumors, ulcers, allergies, eczema, thrush, scabies, headaches, back pain, erectile dysfunction, glandular swelling, crooked teeth and on and on. No published clinical trials substantiate these claims, but Oprah loves it. Having generated over 200 million dollars in 2005, XanGo is predicting annual sales of 1 billion dollars by 2009. Supplements sold through multilevel marketing generate over 4.2 billion dollars annually." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"One cutting-edge idea is that a lack of nitric oxide in a region of the brain called the paraventricular nucleus triggers erectile dysfunction in men with diabetes. Another related idea has been offered by researchers at the Brady Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins. They suggest that an abundance of a molecule called O-GlcNAc, which is present in people who have high blood sugar levels, disrupts the function of a specific enzyme (the endothelial nitric oxide synthase enzyme) that is responsible for attaining and maintaining an erection." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Erectile Dysfunction: Arginine is also useful for erectile dysfunction (ED). In fact, problems with penile endothelial arginine are thought to be responsible for part of the pathogenesis of ED. In a small clinical trial involving men with ED, 40% of the treatment group on 2.8 g of arginine daily for 2 weeks demonstrated improvements compared to no improvements among men in the placebo group. In a larger trial, 50 men with ED were given 5 g of arginine per day or a matching placebo for 6 weeks. There was a subjective improvement among 31% of the men in the arginine group." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Success in tissue engineering has implications "not only for the treatment of erectile dysfunction but in the world of medicine in general. If we could regrow and replace worn-out tissue [in other body parts], that would have tremendous implications," Sharlip says. PRACTICAL APPLICATION Cialis, Levitra and Viagra have revolutionized the treatment of impotence for millions of men over the past decade. However, some forms of erectile dysfunction, such as corporal fibrosis, remain very difficult to treat, and an artificial penis may be helpful in treating these disorders." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Fast-forward a couple thousand years for the kicker: Research published recently in the Journal of Urology examined the long-term intake of pomegranate juice on erectile dysfunction (in an animal model). The results suggest for the first time that free radicals (oxidative stress) are a contributing factor in erectile dysfunction and that due to its powerful antioxidant capabilities, pomegranate juice just may be a "natural Viagra." Red Wine Plato may have been on to something when he said, "Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was ever granted by the gods to man." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Oxidative stress in arteriogenic erectile dysfunction: prophylactic role of antioxidants. / Urol. 2005 Jul;174(l): 386-393. De M, Krishna De A, Banerjee AB. Antimicrobial screening of some Indian spices. Phytother Res. 1999 Nov;13(7):616-623. Jeune MA, Kumi-Diaka J, Brown ]. Anticancer activities of pomegranate extracts and genistein in human breast cancer cells. / Med Food. 2005;8(4) :469-475. Loren DI, Seeram NP, Schulman RN, Holtzman DM. Maternal dietary supplementation with pomegranate juice is neuroprotective in an animal model of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Pediatr Res." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Other signs include color changes in legs, problems walking, and erectile dysfunction (impotence). As with PAD, Buerger's disease can lead to gangrene and necessitate amputation. FEELING COLD ALL OVER w Do you find that you're always putting on a sweater and turning the heat up when others are perfectly comfortable? If so, you may have one of the telltale signs of hypothyroidism, an underactive thyroid gland, which produces too little thyroid hormone. (See Appendix I.) Although hy- The elderly often feel cold .1 .1. re . 1 .1 ..." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "WARNING SIGN If you've been taking drugs to treat erectile dysfunction and suddenly can't see out of one or both eyes, stop taking the drug and call your doctor right away.This may be a sign of non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), a condition that can lead to blindness. Men with retinal or other eye diseases should avoid these products altogether. SIGNING OFF The eye signs described may or may not require medical attention. If you have any doubts, see an ophthalmologist as soon as possible." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Now that he no longer has erectile dysfunction, he also has a new love life. After an initial 30 pounds of easy weight loss, Melissa hit her first plateau, which coincided with spending the summer at home. While her dad continued to lose 8 pounds a month, her weight just hovered. I assured her that summer is the most difficult time of the year to lose weight, and advised her to settle in to her new weight and hold it steady for the summer. And so she did. When she returned to the office in the fall after being back at school for a month, she was 9 pounds thinner than her pre-summer weight." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"A handful of lucky whole foods have recently gotten the good nutrient marketing treatment: The antioxidants in the pomegranate (a fruit formerly more trouble to eat than it was worth) now protect against cancer and erectile dysfunction, apparently, and the omega-3 fatty acids in the (formerly just fattening) walnut ward off heart disease." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"The drug was patented in 1996, approved by the FDA on March 27, 1998, and became the first pill approved for the treatment of erectile dysfunction in the U.S. Viagra works because it inhibits the cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) phosphodiesterase type-5 (PDE5) enzyme, thereby increasing blood flow in the corpus callosum of the penis and causing an erection. Viagra has its peak effect in one hour and lasts about four hours. Viagra has been shown to be highly effective for ED." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"In December 2005, researchers reported on a study that followed 3,816 men with erectile dysfunction and 4,247 without over seven years.7 It turned out that the men who were impotent before the study began or who developed it during the study were 45 percent more likely to experience a cardiovascular event than Age Figure 20. Survival curves, 1840-1980, reveal that our life expectancy has greatly increased but our life span has remain unchanged. (Reprinted with permission from Vitality and Aging: Implications of the Rectangular Curve.) TOO 50 75 85 100 Years of Age Figure 21." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"I've almost never seen a case of erectile dysfunction that didn't also have a component of the other ED—endothelial dysfunction," says Mark Houston, M.D. "They frequently go together." Let's be clear. Impotence has multiple causes. If you're not turned on by your partner, if you're depressed, or if you've got a ton of things on your mind, you may not be in the mood for love. It's unlikely that horny goat weed, even with maca and L-arginine, are going to make you suddenly fall in lust with Miss Anderson in accounting, particularly if you can't stand her to begin with." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"In the Broocks experiment, everyone in the clomipramine group stuck with the therapy throughout the study, despite significant side effects, including dry mouth, sweating, dizziness, tremors, erectile dysfunction, and nausea. The exercise group, which along with the placebo group had several patients drop out, reported minor side effects of the sort expected for someone starting up a new exercise routine, including temporary muscle and joint discomfort. In a six-month follow-up, the exercise patients who were the most fit had the lowest anxiety scores." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"A 1991 study in the Journal of Sex Education and Therapy evaluated the effect of ginkgo on erectile dysfunction caused by poor circulation and found about a 50 percent success rate. Ginkgo is often used to counter the sexual side effects of antidepressants, a little-known use that is deserving of much more attention. Ginkgo is also recommended by the prestigious German Commission E for the treatment of intermittent claudication—the restricted circulation in the legs due to hardening of the arteries." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

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