DOCTOR’S NOTES: HOW DOES DIABETES PUT THE BRAKES ON YOUR SEX LIFE?
“So how does diabetes put the brakes on my sex life?”
“For the most part, the ED is induced by vascular disease caused by the diabetes, which results in blood vessel blockages, including the arteries of the penis. Nerves can also be damaged by the disease, which is another factor that hurts your erection capabilities.”
“So, can you fix my problems?” he asked hopefully.
“First of all, control of your diabetes is your most critical health issue right now,” I said. “That means you must make a serious effort to lose the extra weight you have put on over the last few years. And you can do that through regular exercise and adjustments in your diet. As for your erection problem, I can tell you this: while your specific type of ED is not curable, because it’s caused by diabetes, which is a chronic disease, it may be able to be successfully treated with a new oral medication.”
I explained to Jim that in the future Viagra would be_ one of the new medications available to him and that it had a great likelihood of being effective despite the strong biological impact of diabetes on his erectile performance. At the present time, I was using Vasomax in my study. Although it is less effective for men with moderate to severe dysfunction, it can work well for those with either mild to moderate dysfunction or ED caused by psychological reasons.
1 told Jim it was certainly worth trying Vasomax because it was well tolerated, with an excellent safety profile. I explained how the Vasomax study worked and offered him the opportunity to enroll as long as he met all the criteria. He did and three weeks later he called me. “I’m a private kind of guy, but I just had to tell you what happened,” he told me. “It’s been great, being able to really feel again and give Emily pleasure. It just made us grow even closer. I’m a complete man again. I can’t thank you enough. It’s a miracle—and I never thought I’d live to see it.”
Jim’s response gave me two reasons to be thrilled.’ One, I knew that the quality of Jim’s life had improved. And, two, the fact that he had responded to Vasomax pointed out that his diabetes was not as advanced as I had feared. Jim has since shed the extra weight, his diabetes is under control with Glyburide, an oral diabetes treatment, and he still takes his ED medication. The beauty of both Viagra and Vasomax is that they are compatible with drugs most commonly prescribed by physicians.
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