Impotency is more frequent in males than perhaps is thought after national surveys in the U.S. show that 10% of males between eighteen and fifty nine have a problem attaining or keeping an erection and between the ages of forty and seventy this increases to an amazing 52%. The problem of man impotency is more universal than earlier thought and study into the problem has shown that anywhere between eighteen up to thirty million American men need many kind of impotence treatment or therapy.
Successful impotence interventions have been demonstrated to improve intimacy and satisfaction, improve sexual aspects of quality of life and alleviate symptoms of depression. It is often thought that those who put up with premature ejaculation are suffering from erectile problem and need impotency treatment but this is not necessarily true.
The majority of specialists in this field agree that impotency interventions should start with the least interfering techniques first and only proceeding to aggressive interventions if the others fail so that means reducing the use of any detrimental drugs first. The next stage to consider is psychotherapy and modifying the person’s behavior, if this doesn’t work then the use of vacuum cylinders is looked at then drugs, both oral and injected, embedded devices and finally, surgery itself.
Utilising the male’s partner, impotency treatment methods can be used that help relax and reduce the man’s anxiety when he thinks about the problems he has with intercourse. Often the problem is a physical one and these techniques are employed to treat those with success as well.
Drugs when employed as an impotence treatment can be taken orally, injected directly into the penis, or inserted into the urethra at the top of the penis. After many trials, the wonder drug sytropin was given approval by the American FDA in March 1998, taken an hour prior to sex it was the first oral impotence treatment for men. While Viagra increases the reaction to sexual arousal, it does not create an automatic erection as injected drugs do and should not be employed more than once a day. Oral testosterone can reduce the amount of impotence treatment required by many men with low levels of natural testosterone - all the same, some observed improvements after their use, may just be cases of the placebo effect.
The impotency intervention which uses a drug injected into the penis creates the erection by filling the penis with blood. Nevertheless, a lasting erection and often scarring, are unwelcome result utilising this form of treatment. The answer for many lies in the insertion of a shot of Alprostadil about a inch deep into the tip of the penis employing a pre-filled applicator, which creates an erection within 8 to ten minutes and may last from half to a whole hour.
Vacuum cylinders that wrap around the penis are a type of impotency treatment that applies a partial vacuum to draw blood into the penis thereby making an erection. An elastic band is then placed around the base of the penis, to maintain the erection after the cylinder is removed 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 before any decision is made it is worthwhile speaking to your physician first. Prior to utilising any form of drug or device for dealing with impotency, prescribed or not, it is worthwhile investigating any possible side effects.