The drugs made him 'impotent'

The antidepressants

The Group of men monamine oxidase inhibitors such as phenelzine, isocarboxazid ... distinct risk of causing sexual potential. The antidepressants such as desipramine, amitriptylline, round 3 nortriptylline ... also recorded causing impotence in some cases, but the proportion having lower than Group on drugs.

Selective serotonin inhibitors group mainly cause ejaculation dysfunction and erectile ability in men, occurs with all the agents in the group such as fluoxetine (20-75%), sertraline (20-67%) and paroxetine (20-30%). Lithium carbonate can also cause decrease the possibility of diamonds of between 5-50% of people use.

The barbiturates

Reduce arousal and sexual desire are very common side effects of the drugs, the rate of having up to 25%. Thioridazine and fluphenazine are noted more for cause reduced libido. In addition, thioridazine, chlorpromazine, trifluoperazine and fluphenazine also recorded may cause erectile ability disorders and ejaculation in 23-57% of people use.

Cardiovascular drugs

Most of the Group of drugs used in the treatment of hypertension can cause impotence to varying degrees due to direct effects on the vascular system and relieve the pressure of blood in the genital organs. The sympathetic Center like canceling a-methyldopa, clonidine and guanfacine decreased sexual ability cause in about 20-80% of people use.

The peripheral sympathetic shredders as drug reserpine and guanethidine can also cause sexual dysfunction due to direct effects on the nervous system. Group of sympathetic beta drugs such as metoprolol, nadolol, propranolol has the risk of causing reduced libido and ejaculation dysfunction due to direct effects on the vascular system as well as the sympathetic nervous system, this risk increases proportional to the dosage of the drug.

Use low dose can reduce the maximum effects for sexual function of these drugs. The vasodilator like hydralazine may cause deterioration in men erections when discontinued abruptly. Some medications for cardiovascular disease, such as digoxin, disopyramidole, blood fat lowering medications are recorded can cause reduced possibility of diamonds as well as sexual desire in men.

Digestive medications

The secretion inhibitors such as cimetidine, ranitidine, which translate famotidine and omeprazole can cause impotence and ejaculation pain expression in a number of cases, the mechanism may be due to the effect of androgen resistance. Metoclopramide (an anti-nausea medication) can also cause decreased sexual and erectile dysfunction in men due to increases in blood prolactin concentrations.

Opium derivatives

Opium derivatives cause reduced sexual excitement and take pleasure in both men and women as well as impotence in men. The mechanism can do drugs alter the concentration of testosterone in the blood.

Prostate drug

Most of the drugs cure prostate disease easy to follow 5-α-reductase inhibitors can happen erectile dysfunction, reduced ejaculation and many other side effects.

In addition, the use of regular prostate drugs will affect the secretion of male hormones, affect the libido.

Anticancer drugs

Anticancer drugs only function is to remove and prevent the development of cancer cells, but these drugs also affect the digestive, liver, kidney and reproductive organs. Many types of cancer-fighting chemicals, especially the methotrexate, can cause inhibition of the activity of the gonads in both males and females. Some medications can cause reduced sexual function are not recovering as cyclophosphamide.

On these medications render man "powerless" when "love" that men should know to avoid or limit the use of these medications, physicians should seek advice on medication to avoid limiting the side effects caused by the medication caused the decrease of sexual desire.=