Today, being 60 or 70 years old does not necessarily mean that one is effectively retired from all the good and bad things that are possible in life. Being in the best of sexual health is not only considered an important part of life today, but is a basic need. Earlier, for most men, the age of 40 marked the end of life expectancy. But, with the help of modern medicine, as their life expectancy increased, so did their expectations, which culminated in the beginning of the term lifestyle medication. Earlier these lifestyle medicines were basically drugs for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. But these lifestyle drugs have left these traditional indications far behind.
Erectile dysfunction is one such new indication that is defined as the inability to ensure or sustain an erection for satisfactory sexual intercourse. Erectile dysfunction is a very common problem especially in older men. All over the world more than 190 million men suffer from it Most will never go a doctor for it. And those that do go to a doctor less than half will actually use a drug for erectile dysfunction. Earlier erectile dysfunction was not considered to be a lifestyle indication for which drugs could be prescribed. All that changed in 1998.
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