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Types of Treatment For Erectile Dysfunction

Your doctor can offer a number of treatments for your erectile dysfunction (ED). You may want to talk with your partner about which treatment fits you both best as a couple. Most people want the simplest treatment possible. You may need to try a number of treatments before you find the one that works best for you.

Changes of Lifestyle
For some men, health improvements such as getting more exercise, quitting smoking, losing weight, and cutting back on alcohol may solve erection problems.

Counseling
Even though most cases of ED have a physical cause, counseling can help couples deal with the emotional effects. Some couples find that counseling adds to the medical treatment by making their relationship stronger.

Medication
Since 1998, doctors have been able to prescribe a pill to treat ED. Current brands include Viagra, Levitra, and Cialis. If your health is generally good, your doctor may prescribe one of these drugs. You should not take any of these pills to treat ED if you take any nitrates, a type of heart medicine. All ED pills work by increasing blood flow to the penis. They do not cause automatic erections. Talk with your doctor about when to take the pill. You may need to experiment to find out how soon the pill takes effect.

Even if taking a pill solves your erection problem, you should still take care of the other health issues that may have caused your ED.

Injections
Taking a pill doesn't work for everybody. Many men use medicines that go directly into the penis. Caverject and Edex are injected into the shaft of the penis with a needle. MUSE is a tiny pill inserted into the urethra at the tip of the penis. These medicines usually cause an erection within minutes. These medicines can be very successful, even if other treatments fail.

Vacuum Device
Another way to create an erection is to use a specially designed vacuum tube. The penis is inserted into the tube, which is connected to a pump. As air is pumped out of the tube, blood flows into the penis and makes it larger. A specially designed elastic ring is moved from the end of the tube to the base of the penis to keep the blood from flowing out.

Implants
If the other options fail, some men need surgery to treat ED. A surgeon can implant a device that inflates or unbends to create an erection. Implanted devices do not interfere with the way sex feels.

Penile implant operations cannot be reversed. Once a man has a penile implant, he must use the device to have an erection. Talk with your doctor about the pros and cons of having a penile implant.