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Medications Prescribed for Sexual Dysfunction
According to current studies, problems with sexual functioning are common, affecting more than half of all couples at some time. Sexual behavior and response necessitates the complex intertwining of environmental, physical (both anatomical and hormonal) and psychological factors. While sexual dysfunction rarely poses a threat to physical health, it can take a heavy psychological toll, even bringing on depression, anxiety and/or debilitating feelings of inadequacy.
Medications may be prescribed for the following sexual dysfunctions in men:
- Erectile dysfunction (sometimes called impotence)--the inability to have or maintain an erection sufficient for sexual functioning.
- Premature ejaculation—the inability to delay orgasm and ejaculation so that it occurs very early during intercourse, leaving the other partner dissatisfied.
- Male orgasmic disorder—the inability to reach orgasm (climax) with a partner, or the inability to reach orgasm without lengthy sexual contact. In some cases of male orgasmic disorder orgasm can only be reached through masturbation or oral sex.
- Inhibited or hypoactive sexual desire—disinterest in sexual contact or the complete lack of sexual desire.
- Retrograde ejaculation—rather than emerging from the end of the penis, the semen moves backward into the bladder during orgasm.
Since many of these conditions can appear occasionally during the course of a man’s sexual life, many experts only consider a diagnosis of sexual dysfunction if the problem occurs in 25% of all attempted sexual encounters.
Medications Prescribed for Sexual Dysfunction include:
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