List of Drugs Whose Side-Effects May Cause Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction influenced by other health conditions, can be caused by medications aimed at treating those conditions. Below is a list of drugs whose side effects can worsen your erection problems and make it difficult to obtain and maintain a strong erection enough for sexual intercourse and consequent penetration.

Antidepressant and psychoactive drugs:

Depression is a very common disease in our social environment. While life's so hectic and increasingly impersonal imposed in modern times; it is a causal factor, we now know that in many cases, the genetic factor is the most important.

The psychoactive treatments are highly sensitive; for any reason must be modified doses, let alone skipping them. Any suspicion of a negative impact on the sexual area, consult with your doctor immediately.

Among the drugs in this branch have been associated with sexual dysfunction likely include:

·        Amitriptyline (Elavil)

·        Buspirone (Buspar)

·        Chlordiazepoxide (Librium)

·        Chlorpromazine (Thorazine)

·        Clorazepate (Tranxene)

·        Cesipramina (Norpramin)

·        Diazepam (Valium)

·        Doxepin (Sinequan),

·        fluoxetine (Prozac),

·        fluphenazine (Prolixin)

·        Imipramine (Tofranil)

·        Lorazepam (Ativan)

·        Meprobanato ( Equanil)

·        Mesoridazine (Serentil),

·        nortriptyline (Pamelor)

·        Oxazepam (Serax)

·        Phenelzine (Nardil)

·        Phenytoin (Epamin)

·        Thiothixene (Navane)

·        Tranylcypromine (Parnate),

·        thioridazine (Mellaril)

·        Trifluoperazine (Stelazine)

·        Perfanazina (Leptopsique)

·        Clorprotixene (Taractan)

·        Haloperidol (Haldol)

·        Lithium carbonate (Carbolit, Litheum)

Hypertension medicines:

Hypertension is also a problem of high incidence in our society and a direct derivative of the new life style adopted in the West: life without exercise, diets high in fat, and significant levels of worry and stress.

As a result, thousands of patients consumed daily drugs to lower blood pressure. Some of these drugs have been associated with sexual problems, including the following:

·        Atenolol (Tenormin)

·        Acebutol (Sectral)

·        Bisoprotol (Ziac)

·        bethanidine

·        Carteolol (Cartrol)

·        Carvedilol (Coreg)

·        Chlorothiazide (Clotride)

·        Clorthalidona (Hygroton)

·        Clonidine (Catapres),

·        enalapril (Vasotec)

·        Spironolactone (Aldactone)

·        Phenoxybenzamine (Dibenzyline)

·        Phentolamine (Regitine)

·        Guanabenzina (Wytensin)

·        Guanethidine (Ismelin)

·        Ganfacina (Tenex)

·        Hydralazine (Apresoline)

·        Hidroclorotiazina (Microzide)

·        Irbesartan (Aprovel)

·        Labetanol (Normodyne)

·        Labetalol (Normodine)

·        Lisinopril (Zestril)

·        Methyldopa (Aldomet)

·        Metoprolol (Lopressor)

·        Minoxidil (Loniten)

·        Nadolol (Corgard )

·        Penbutolol (Levatol)

·        Pindolol (Neopindol)

·        Prazosin (Minipress)

·        Propranolol (Inderal)

·        Reserpine (Serpasil)

·        Terazosin (Hitrin)

·        Timolol (Biocadren)

·        Triamterene (Maxide)

·        Verapamil (Calan)

Antiepileptic drugs: Carbamazepine

Medicines for cholesterol: Fibrates and Statins (simvastatin, fluvastatin, etc.)

Others: Cimetidine, Cyproterone acetate, Finasteride, Metoclopramide, Omeprazole, Opioids (e.g. morphine) acetate, Spironolactone

Think any of these medicines is causing you erectile dysfunction? If you are taking any of these medications and suffer from erectile dysfunction, it is likely that these are the cause of your erection problems. Consult your doctor about alternative treatment options, which may have the same effects on your condition but that do not cause erectile dysfunction. 

For example, the type antihypertensive ACE inhibitors such as Enalapril tend to cause fewer problems in terms of erectile dysfunction than other drugs described SSRI antidepressants. Similarly, Statins for the treatment of high cholesterol are less likely to cause erection problems than Fibrates.