OT: another risk for males from NSAIDs?

[Guest guest]

Now this is WAY Off Topic for most of us, except for perhaps the older

teenage boys (much to their mother's horror).

But still, for any fathers in the group who maybe pop a Nurofen tab or other

NSAID...might be worth reading, especially if you wanna become fathers

again!

;-)

Jo

Bayly, 4, Extended Oligo

Painkillers tied to risk of erectile dysfunction

http://news./s/nm/20060512/hl_nm/erectile_dysfunction_dc;_ylt=AogYn8hsr\

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Fri May 12, 1:31 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regardless of the reason for taking them,

painkillers classified as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

apparently increase the likelihood that middle-aged and elderly men will

develop erection difficulties, according to a new report.

NSAIDs include several widely used drugs, such as ibuprofen or naproxen.

In trying to determine if a particular drug causes erectile dysfunction, it

is difficult to sort out the effects of the drug from those of the disease

for which the drug is taken, Dr. R. Shiri and colleagues note in the Journal

of Urology.

Previous reports have linked arthritis to erectile dysfunction, but whether

NSAIDs, which are often used to treat arthritis, caused erectile dysfunction

is unclear.

" To our knowledge, there are no previous studies on the incidence of

erectile dysfunction in relation to NSAID use, i.e. studies on the use of

NSAIDs recorded before the occurrence of erectile dysfunction, " Shiri's

team, from the University of Tampere in Finland, points out.

Their study involved 1126 men, between 50 and 70 years of age, without

erectile dysfunction in 1994 when they completed a questionnaire that

included, among other things, questions about erectile function and

medication usage. The questionnaire was then re-administered five years

later.

The investigators found that the erectile dysfunction rate was 93 cases per

1000 persons per year among NSAID users compared with just 35 cases among

nonusers.

Arthritis was the most common reason for NSAID use, and for men with

arthritis the corresponding rates of erectile disorder were 97 and 52 per

1000 person-years.

For whatever reason they were taken, NSAIDs roughly doubled the risk of

erectile dysfunction compared with non-use. The presence of arthritis

without NSAID use increased the risk of erection difficulty by only 30

percent, the researchers explain, and they therefore conclude that NSAIDs

were largely to blame for the link between arthritis and erectile

dysfunction.

SOURCE: Journal of Urology, May 2006.

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I just wish he didn't trust me so much! "

Mother Theresa

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