Background: Methadone is considered a long-acting opioid agonist which is widely used in the treatment of drug addiction. It is believed that opioids can cause erectile dysfunction (ED) by inhibiting gonadotropin and testosterone release. This study is aimed at defining the possible effects of conservative treatment with methadone on erectile dysfunction in the addicts. Methods: A total of 382...

spinal cord injured (sci) patients have sexual disorders including erectile dysfunction (ed), impotence, priapism, ejaculatory dysfunction and infertility. treatments for erectile dysfunction include four steps. step 1 involves smoking cessation, weight loss, and increasing physical activity. step 2 is phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (pde5i) such as sildenafil (viagra), intracavernous injec...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Erectile dysfunction has been associated with cardiovascular diseases. The aim here was to evaluate cardiovascular risk through the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) criteria, C-reactive protein (CRP) assays and presence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in men with and without erectile dysfunction diagnosed within a healthcare program. DESIGN AND SETTING A retrospective case-control...

 Abstract Background: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and indicates a complication of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). This study was designed to evaluate the status of erectile dysfunction in patients with CAD before and after CABG surgery. Methods: We designed a prospective cohort study on male patients candidates for elective on-pump CABG...

BACKGROUND Men with erectile dysfunction often have concurrent medical conditions. Conversely, men with these conditions may also have underlying erectile dysfunction. The prevalence of unrecognized erectile dysfunction in men with comorbidities commonly associated with erectile dysfunction was determined in men invited to participate in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of s...

background: diagnosis of coronary artery disease (cad) in early stages is vital in decreasing mortality by reducing the risk factors. the aim of this study was to investigate the association between erectile dysfunction (ed) and cad. methods: a total of 200 patients were divided into four groups according to their angiography results: group 1 (g1, n = 59): patients with one-vessel disease (1-vd...

CONTEXT The risk factors for cardiovascular disease and erectile dysfunction are similar. OBJECTIVE To examine the association of erectile dysfunction and subsequent cardiovascular disease. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Men aged 55 years or older who were randomized to the placebo group (n = 9457) in the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial at 221 US centers were evaluated every 3 months fo...

PURPOSE The study aims to assess the influence of the stage of chronic kidney disease and glomerular filtration rate on prevalence and degree of erectile dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS This transversal study, conducted from May 2013 to December 2015, included patients with chronic kidney disease in conservative treatment, stages III/IV/V. Erectile dysfunction was evaluated by the Internat...

conclusions results showed that sexual dysfunction is a prevalent disorder in opioid-dependent males. addiction withdrawal centers should be warned about the dysfunction caused by opioids and, from a clinical perspective, it is imperative that patients misusing opiates and those treated with methadone are routinely asked about their sexual functioning so that, if indicated, appropriate investig...