Posted on 03/03/2011 7:06:57 PM PST by Red Badger
Men who take non- steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs three times a day for more than three months are 2.4 times more likely to have erectile dysfunction compared to men who do not take those drugs regularly, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published online in The Journal of Urology. While previous research showed a trend toward this same finding, this observational study used electronic health records, an automated pharmacy database and self- reported questionnaire data to examine NSAID use and ED in an ethnically diverse population of 80,966 men aged 45 to 69 years throughout California. 80,966 men aged 45 to 69 years throughout California After controlling for age, race ethnicity, smoking status, diabetes hypertension, heart disease, high cholesterol and body mass index the researchers found that ED was 1.4 times more likely -- a modest risk -- among regular NSAID users compared to men who did not take the drugs regularly. This association was consistent across all age
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I guess we’ll have to begin compounding our Aleve with Viagra. Damn chemistry!
Considering all the warnings they rattle off on the TV for many drugs (hair falling out, teeth turning green, dizzyness, death, coma, etc.) I guess a little ED ain’t so horrible.
That headline got my attention!!
My doc just put me on a “non-steriodal” anti-inflammatory medicine. He took me off another medication because this new one was non-steriodal..?? Luckily I take it in small doses and for short periods of time ( as conditions dictate , which is only a few times a year ). The new medication sucks though. It takes a week to work whereas my previous med only took a few days to work.
give me steroids with my anti-inflammatories every time ...
Oh, brother.
Stupid thing just gets me in trouble, anyway.
People who have to take opiates for pain would be happy if the the mu opioid receptors only existed in the brain, but they also exist in the bowel. Therefore opiate use = constipation.
On a separate note, years ago Ciba Geigy marketed a combination NSAID (phenylbutazone plus a steroid) under the trade name Butazolidin S. I am showing my age here :)
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