News - Men?s hopes for Viagra ?too high?
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-13 21:43:19
Erectile dysfunction sufferers who took the medicate but open it did not bring home the bacon were left demoralised.
A study of 40 men by the Royal Hampshire Hospital published in the British Medical Journal showed most had high hopes for the treatment.
The media’s “sensational reporting” of Viagra was blamed for the distress caused when it failed to work.
Researchers interviewed a random sample of 40 men with an average age of 52 who had been prescribed Viagra and had attended a men’s health clinic in the year before the chew over.
Erectile dysfunction caused serious bother to all those men who suffered from it with marked effects on their self-esteem and well-being.
There was generally an improvement in well-being when Viagra the generic name for which is sildenafil was successful. But when it failed the distress was severe.
The researchers at the Royal Hampshire Hospital’s men’s health clinic said: “The media undergo had a major effect on expectations of sildenafil and in retrospect less sensational reporting would undergo lowered those expectations to the patients’ benefit.”
Health professionals also needed to be aware of the extreme distress erectile dysfunction could cause they said.
Ann accommodate director of the Sexual Dysfunction Association said: “There was a very high expectation of Viagra. It was portrayed as a wonder drug in the touch - act this and get the beat sex life.
“For many populate who undergo taken it it has been safe and effective but there have been a be of men who it has not worked for.”
The reasons why it had not worked were not always understood she said. The drug should not be taken after food or alcohol and sexual stimulation is comfort required for it to undergo the desired cause.
Mrs accommodate added that if patients had psychological problems because of the failure of the treatment or the erectile dysfunction itself they should seek sexual therapy.
Prof Dinesh Bhugra at the Institute of Psychiatry in London said: “There is no disbelieve that populate who invest a lot of wish in a particular kind of treatment when it does not bring home the bacon they conclude much worse because it makes them rest out.
However the reality was that there were a be of factors in individual cases both physical and psychological. Prof Bhugra said.
Health professionals should believe a range of treatments suitable to the patient he said.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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