Date: July 29, 2006

Finally, we have found another reason behind the statement “not tonight babe, I have headache!” Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) raise the likelihood of erectile dysfunction in middle-aged as well as elderly men, a new research result says.

Dr. R Shiri and his team from the University of Tampere in Finland state that there are no prior studies on the occurrence of erectile dysfunction due to NSAID use. That makes it complicated, whom to blame? The aching diseases or the painkillers?

The research team has studied 1126 men between 50 to 70 years of age without erectile dysfunction in the year 1994. It was found that 93 cases per 1000 men suffered from ED in the group which used painkillers against 35 per 1000 in non-users.

Artheritis is a disease in which erectile disorder is considered to be a side effect of the disease. Ibuprofen or naproxen and other popular drugs of this category are prescribed for diseases like arthritis. And it is found that men with arthritis have higher rate of impotence e.g. 97 and 52 per 1000 person a year. The research results show that men suffering from arthritis but did not use NSAID had erectile difficulties to a low level of 30 percent.

The Finnish study results make it clear, no matter what the disease is; painkillers or NSAIDs actually increase the possibilities of erectile dysfunction.

This finding answers quiet a few sex related issues like why headache and backache lower libido and sex activity in men. The patients of arthritis are more at risk of erectile dysfunction than any other group of people. Arthritis curbs their sexual activity but to worsen the condition, NSAIDs, without which they cannot do, unfortunately can make them sexually impotent.

Source: Softpedia News

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