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Smoking may result in Impotence!
Smoking a pack of cigarettes per day can increase the risk of impotence by up to 40 per cent, it has been claimed.
Researchers surveying men in Australia concluded that erectile problems increase in direct proportion to the amount of cigarettes smoked.
Those smoking less than 20 cigarettes were still 24 per cent more likely than non-smokers to join the ten per cent of men who suffer from erectile dysfunction.
"The good news is that quitting smoking greatly reduces the risk of circulatory problems such as impotence," said Deborah Arnott, director of the Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) charity.
"Young men who want to avoid the embarrassment and distress of impotence can help themselves by quitting smoking before such problems arise."
Australia's Study of Health and Relationships also found that cardiovascular disease and old age increased the risk of impotence, but, as Chris Millett from Imperial College London said, such causes "can feel distant".
Mr Millett hopes to provide a wake-up call to the third of men aged 20-24 who smoke in the UK.
"By highlighting this link between smoking and erectile problems we may be able to motivate these men to quit," he said.
Translating the 9.1 per cent impotence ration to the UK population suggests that over 700,000 British men aged between 30 and 50 may suffer some form of impotency.
The Department of Health recently launched a high profile publicity campaign with posters aimed at highlighting the effect smoking has on sexual performance.
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An amino acid used by athletes to promote muscle development, L-arginine is claimed to increase blood flow to the female genitals, driving sexual urges thus. According to Dr. Jed Kaminetsky, a clinical assistant professor of urology at the New York School of Medicine, "Informal studies conducted on 500 patients showed that 70 percent of women who applied this cream to the clitoris and labia some thirty minutes before sex reported more arousal and stronger orgasms."
• DHEA
Dehydroepiandrosterone is a multifunctional hormone produced by the adrenal gland and ovaries and converted to testosterone and estrogen. DHEA, which is available as an over-the-counter dietary supplement, depletes with age. In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (Sept. 30, 1999), women who took daily dose of 50 mg of DHEA experienced a significant increase in sexual interest. Other preliminary findings produced encouraging results. However, most DHEA products available in store shelves recommend taking only 25 mg per day. DHEA is best used under a doctor's supervision, because of its ability to cause breast cancer and heart attack.
• Testosterone therapy
According to a recent research in Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, testosterone treatment is an effective way of improving the sexual function and psychological well being of women who have undergone ovariectomy (the surgical removal of one or both ovaries) with hysterectomy. In boosting their testosterone levels, however, women are advised to work closely with their physician in order to effectively monitor the hormone. This is because an elevated level of the hormone beyond normal can cause, inter alia, facial hair and an irreversible change in a woman's voice. Meanwhile, in a study that involved the combined administration of L-arginine glutamate and yohimbine — a natural extract from tree bark that excites part of the central nervous system — on postmenopausal women, it was discovered that their was twice as much arousal in these women after viewing an erotic film than women who took a placebo.
Still on the viagra for women quest, there is documented evidence that the drug is being prescribed for women. This, however, goes without saying that Viagra has not been approved for women by the Food and Drug Administration. In fact there are people who believe that problems in the flow of blood to the clitoris do not contribute to sexual dysfunction in all women. Asked what she thought about the ongoing research on Buy Viagra cheap deals for women by drug companies, Leonore Tiefer, clinical associate professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, opined thus: "There may be one woman in a thousand for whom [Viagra] is exactly right, but "why is all the energy, all the attention, not to mention all the money, [focused] on one out of a thousand?" Regardless of the debate on Viagra’s effect on women, however, what is certain is that the quest for ‘buy viagra online pharmacy’ would continue for the foreseeable future, at least.
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However, the availability and ease of the drug is not the main issue. What constitutes an issue is that the drug is available for online purchase to both the patients who have a prescription and those who are not on prescription and are yet to see a doctor.
In a Los Angeles Times article of 21st May, 2008, the article wrote that a lot of people are becoming addicted to drug use because of the ease of availability of drugs on the internet, offered by a vast number of licensed physicians. This constitutes a major problem because a lot of people on pain medications no longer take the medication to ease their pains, but because they have become addicted to the drug.
Pain toleration, to them, is different from needing to take medications to help them get through their daily routine simply because they are now dependent on pain-killers.
A negative angle to buying Viagra tablets online with ease is that any drug one takes to help in the ability one used to have is almost as dependent-inducing as a patient who becomes addicted to a pain-killing drug after a prolonged use of the drug. It is no longer a secret that a great number of people have died pointlessly because they became addicted to the drug that used to help relieve their pains.
In the same vein, a man who uses drugs because he needs to live up to the expectation of his sexual partner runs the risk of becoming dependent on the drug. In addition to this, drugs taken to treat ED have the risk of causing priapism – a medical disorder in which there is persistent, often painful erection of the penis in the absence of sexual interest.
Another negative angle to buying viagra online without prescription is that one stands the risk of putting one’s health into one’s uninformed hands, without the guidance of a trusted practitioner. Seeking the advice of a medical practitioner, however, before buying the tablets is invaluable because the practitioner will be in a position to know if taking the drug is safe.
There have been reported cases of fatalities from taking pain relievers, and taking drugs without prescription may invariably bring about the same result. The intriguing side to this is that while the manufacturing companies would tell you that taking their product could cause dizziness, anal leakage, dry mouth, makes you light headed, only one of these side effects is not benign.
What does it matter if you have dry mouth? Is it not worth all the pleasure to be able to sexually ‘grind on’ for four hours – taking into consideration that these pills could make one maintain erection for four hours – provided you do not have a heart attack but just for a mere dry mouth.
It is quite difficult to come to terms with the advancement in one’s life. However the effects of advancement in life – reduced sexual activity, aches and pains that living bestows – a sure fact is that we are all captives to the attrition of time. And when trying to defy nature, it’s best to consult a physician. The risks inherent in making online drug purchase are numerous, and applying ‘common sense’ rather than ‘ego’ would go a long way in preserving one’s life.
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