Drugs that reduce male sexual function

Two years of research around the world has found that there are more than 50 kinds of therapeutic drugs that have adverse effects on male sexual function. It is natural to take medicine when you are sick, but while treating the disease, your normal life will be affected - the sweet life between husband and wife will be "disrupted", then the drug may not be the best choice for you. Why not let the authoritative experts take you to correctly understand them from a professional perspective? Among the factors that cause male sexual dysfunction, a "hidden" key reason is often overlooked by us, that is, the "degradation" of the therapeutic drugs. So when you can't find the cause of "lack of sexual desire", just look at the recent medication situation!

1. Blood pressure lowering drugs

Male patients with hypertension often take drugs such as propranolol, methyldopa, and clonidine, which can cause erectile dysfunction. Doctors often tell female patients with hypertension to take some antihypertensive drugs after menopause. Authoritative experts believe that such antihypertensive drugs can reduce libido and make it difficult to achieve sexual pleasure. If long-term sexual treatment is required or there are signs of sexual inhibition, other antihypertensive drugs should be used instead.

2. Thiazide diuretics

Generally used in combination with antihypertensive drugs, about 5% of male patients who take thiazide diuretics for a long time may develop male sexual dysfunction caused by the treatment drugs. After long-term use of uric acid and furosemide, it has been found that about 5% of male patients may be accompanied by impotence. Spironolactone can cause low libido, impotence, and gynecomastia in men; it can cause irregular menstruation and soft breasts in women.

3. Weight loss products

Many people rely on drugs to lose weight in order to lose weight. However, many weight loss products not only speed up metabolism, but also suppress sexual desire. For example, weight loss products such as fenfluramine hydrochloride have the effect of suppressing sexual desire.

4. Anti-ulcer drugs

In the past, peptic ulcer disease mostly occurred in men, but nowadays, it is more common in women, especially those who smoke and drink. Cimetidine has been widely used in peptic ulcer disease, but few patients know that this drug can suppress men's sexual desire.

5. Anti-anxiety drugs

Depression is called "mental fever" and is not uncommon in modern society. Among the common anti-anxiety drugs, imipramine, amitriptyline, clomipramine, and new selective 5-5-hydroxytryptamine reabsorption retarder can cause erectile dysfunction, abnormal ejaculation and lack of sexual desire.

6. Psychostimulants and local anesthetics

The most common ones are alcohol, tar, cocaine, heroin, poppy, etc. People often wonder about the effect of alcohol on erectile function, "Isn't it easier to have sexual impulses after drinking?" Here we ignore the difference between sexual desire and erection. Alcohol can increase sexual desire, but it will affect erectile function and reduce the intensity of penis erection.

7. Prostate medication

Drugs used to treat prostate hyperplasia, such as 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, can also cause erectile dysfunction and reduced ejaculation volume. In addition, common drugs used to treat prostate cancer, such as anti-androgen drugs, can affect sexual desire, genital erection, and male ejaculation by affecting the metabolism of male hormones.

8. Anti-tumor drugs

As we all know, anti-cancer drugs can not only kill tumor cells, but also cause damage to normal tissues including the digestive tract, liver, and kidneys. However, the effects of anti-cancer drugs on sex hormones are easily overlooked. Cyclophosphamide, nitrogen mustard, vincristine, cytarabine and other therapeutic drugs can cause erectile dysfunction or sperm deficiency in men, and menstrual disorders and amenorrhea in women.