| Painkillers Cause Impotence in Men
Date: July 29, 2006
A research result shows that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or painkillers increase the chances of erectile dysfunction in middle-aged and elderly men.
Most popular NSAIDs like ibuprofen or naproxen and other drugs of this category are prescribed for diseases like arthritis. It is very difficult to decide whether the disease itself or the painkillers should be held responsible for erectile dysfunction.
Shiri's team, from the University of Tampere in Finland, points out that there are no prior studies on the occurrence of erectile dysfunction due to NSAID use. Dr. R Shiri and his team from the University of Tampere in Finland have studied 1126 men between 50 to 70 years of age. They did not have erectile dysfunction in the year 1994. Five years later the results showed that the number of erectile dysfunction cases in men having painkillers was 93 per 1000 men per year where as the rate was only 35 per 1000 in non-users.
One of the most common reasons of NSAID use was arthritis and men with arthritis had higher rate of ED e.g. 97 and 52 per 1000 person every year. It was considered as the side-effect of the disease. Now the Finnish study enlightened the medical world with a new perception, not the disease but NSAID medication causes erectile disorder.
Regardless of the diseases, painkillers double the risk of erectile dysfunction in men who use them compared to those who do not.
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