{"id":7752,"date":"2013-05-11T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/?p=7752"},"modified":"2013-05-10T02:46:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T06:46:14","slug":"is-the-male-problem-ed-caused-by-your-prescription-medications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/2013\/05\/11\/is-the-male-problem-ed-caused-by-your-prescription-medications\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Male Problem ED Caused By Your Prescription Medications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ED_mediacations.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"headache\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7753\" \/>Male dysfunction or ED is typically defined by the difficulty in obtaining or keeping an erection long enough for intercourse.  <\/p>\n<p>In addition to being a condition itself, it is often the result of an untreated condition like type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure or caused by the side effects of medications meant to treat these conditions.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study, however, revealed three specific type of medications that are responsible for over 25 percent of ED cases.<\/p>\n<p>The most typical conditions for which prescription medication side effects can cause ED include:<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n1.\tHigh blood pressure medications \u2013<\/strong> these medications work by lowering blood pressure and decreasing the work the heart has to do.  The side effects can include difficulty achieving and maintaining an erection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\tHigh Cholesterol \u2013 Medications<\/strong> (such as statins and other drugs) to tread this condition limit availability of cholesterol, which is a necessary building block of hormones.  Testosterone, being one of these hormones, is an important sex hormone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\tDepression\/Anxiety Disorders \u2013<\/strong> Antidepressants which are used to block certain chemicals in the brain have the added side effect of decreasing libido and causing impotence.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re suffering Erectile Dysfunction and taking any of those medications, talk to your doctor about decreasing your dosage or other treatments which don\u2019t involve the same side effects.  <\/p>\n<p>For lowering blood pressure, <a href=\"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/the-blood-pressure-program\">the best natural methods are our 3 blood pressure exercises&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>To get your cholesterol under control, <a href=\"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/cholesterol-guide\">follow this step-by-step plan to get your cholesterol to a healthy level within a month\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/erectile-mastery\/\">If you\u2019re one of 40% of males over 40 who experiences frequent Erectile Dysfunction, check out these simple, easy ED exercises, guaranteed to get you back in the saddle without the blue pill\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male dysfunction or ED is typically defined by the difficulty in obtaining or keeping an erection long enough for intercourse. In addition to being a condition itself, it is often the result of an untreated condition like type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure or caused by the side effects of medications meant to treat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[36,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-erectile-dysfunction-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ED_mediacations.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}