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Relationship problems, for example when the woman has different preferences of sexual practice than the man can cause erection problems.
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With spinal injury, multiple sclerosis or tumours there is an impact on the nerve supply to the penis which can cause erection problems.
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Alcohol is a leading erection-killer. Shakespeare wrote that the substance used worldwide to coax reluctant lovers into bed "provokes the desire, but takes away the performance."
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Erection problems can develop at any time, but the likelihood increases with age. After fifty -- and often younger -- erections can become balky even in the absence of other factors.
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If your diet contains too much fat it may result in the narrowing of blood vessels, and so reduce the blood flow to your penis.
Erection problems – Levitra
When In many cases medicines will be prescribed by a patient’s doctor to directly assist the body to create and maintain a good erection. These medicines can either be injected into the penis (E.g. Caverject (alprostadil), inserted into the eye of the penis (E.g. MUSE (alprostadil)) or taken as a tablet by mouth (E.g. Cialis (tadalafil), Levitra (vardenafil), Viagra (sildenafil) and Uprima (apomorphine).Vacuum pumps are another option to help men with erection problems get a good erection.
Levitra belongs to a group of medicines called “PDE5 inhibitors”. It is a round shaped orange tablet, which is swallowed and available in three strengths - 5mg, 10mg and 20mg. For Levitra to be effective, sexual stimulation is required and so Levitra will not create an erection unless a man engages in sexually exciting activity.
Levitra works by helping the blood vessels to the penis to let more blood flow. This helps to create and keep an erection. This increased blood flow is achieved by relaxing the blood vessels that supply blood to the penis.
The amount of time Levitra takes to work varies from person to person, but on average it takes between 25 minutes to one hour although some men will achieve an erection within 15 minutes. Within a 5 hour period after taking the tablet an erection should occur in response to sexual stimulation. The action of Levitra is not generally affected by eating before taking the treatment (except where the meal has a high fat content) or by drinking alcohol, so men can eat or drink as they would normally before taking Levitra.
Levitra may be able to help men with erection problems to get and keep an effective erection. It may provide improvements in both erection hardness and the ability to maintain your erection during sex.
In major clinical trials in men with erection problems, Levitra improved the quality of erections for a majority of men. A lot of men who took Levitra were satisfied the first time they tried it.
taken at the recommended dose, the possible side effects of Levitra are usually mild and pass with time. The most common side effects are a headache and facial flushing.
Levitra should only be taken if your doctor has prescribed it for you. This is because Levitra can be dangerous if you take it at the same time as certain other medicines including some that are used to treat chest pain (angina). Also men aged over 75 years and taking ritonavir, indinavir, ketoconazole or itraconazole (oral form) should not take Levitra.
In addition, men with cardiac disease of a severity where sex is inadvisable, unstable angina or angina occurring during sexual intercourse, low blood pressure or men who have had a recent stroke or heart attack should not take Levitra.
For these reasons you should always see your doctor if you think you could benefit from Levitra (vardenafil).
You need a prescription from your doctor to legally obtain Levitra, Companies offering Levitra without a valid prescription are breaking the law, and you may be putting your health at risk.