Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Prove Effective, Safe For Men With Diabetes

ScienceDaily: Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Prove Effective, Safe For Men With Diabetes:
Popular drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction -- Viagra, Levitra and Cialis -- are safe and effective for men with diabetes, a new review has found.

The introduction of the medications known as phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE-5) inhibitors to the market has changed the way physicians manage their patients with erectile dysfunction. The drugs have been shown to be quite effective in treating the condition in the general population and the number of men requesting them has soared in recent years.

The aim of the systematic review, however, was to determine whether PDE-5 inhibitors such as sildenafil (Viagra), vardenafil (Levitra) and tadalafil (Cialis) are also a safe and effective option for men with diabetes. Although diabetes can causes a variety of other chronic complications, such as heart disease and high blood pressure, PDE-5 inhibitors were shown not to cause many adverse reactions in this group.

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