Erectile Dysfunction Treatment
Where erectile dysfunction is not caused by a treatable, underlying medical condition, there are still a variety of treatments that can be considered. Most of these treatments, however, will allow an erection to be maintained long enough for intercourse but do not provide a permanent cure.
Pharmacological treatments include pills, injections and suppositories, and in most cases these are effective and cause no major side-effects. Vaigra and Cialis are two of the most common pill-based treatments, and work by aiding the movement of Nitric Oxide through the blood stream and helping it in its dilation of penile blood vessels.
When this occurs, the muscle in the arteries is relaxed and the corpus cavernosum fills with blood. This process results in a full erection. The vacuum pump is another common treatment, which is effective in frequency but not strength of generated erections.
The product works by causing the penis to temporarily become engorged, and comes with a suppression ring to fit around the base of the penis to maintain it. (The vacuum pump should not be confused with the widely available product that makes the suspect claim of permanently increasing penis size.)
Customer reviews are varied, but at least one make has been officially endorsed by US Medicare and the UK's National Health Service. When these treatments do not produce adequate results, injections are an effective but potentially risky cure. There are also rigid and inflatable implants, and surgery; considered extreme, but often producing excellent results.
Controversial and unproven treatments are plentiful, and these include a variety of herbal remedies. Ginseng, however, has been shown to be more effective than a placebo in cases of mild erectile dysfunction; and Prelox is a drug currently being tested which could potentially prove a long-term pharmacological treatment for the condition.