Overview of Impotence Cures

The cures of Erectile Dysfunction or impotence are decided base on the causes. Impotence treatment starts with the least invasive method and then proceeds to the most invasive one. The least invasive method involves life style changes such as maintaining healthy diet habits by consuming diets rich in vitamins, minerals and anti oxidants, doing physical exercises and yoga. These life style changes are the first and foremost among remedies as they are effective in curing stress-induced impotence.

Another impotence cures are oral medications, sex therapy, penile injections, suppositories, vacuum pumps, and surgery. Each type of treatment has its own advantages and disadvantages. Talk to your doctor to determine the best treatment for you.

The oral medications are using drugs such as Viagra. These drugs contain Alprostadil that acts on the arteries supplying the penis and brings about its dilation. This result in increased blood flow to penis and thus facilitates erection.

Penile injections is an impotence cure by injecting testosterone or alprostadil directly into the penis. However this method is painful and also brings about painful erections for hours.

Sex therapy is a short-term form of counseling, generally involving 5 to 20 sessions with a sex therapist. A typical session may be one hour every week or every other week.

Urethral suppositories containing prostaglandin (aprostadil). Using a hand-held delivery device, a man inserts a prostaglandin pellet through the meatus (penis opening) into the urethra. Prostaglandin is absorbed through the urethral mucosa and into the surrounding erectile tissue. It is available with a prescription, is well tolerated, and may improve erections in 60% of men who use it.

While vacuum devices work by manually creating an erection. The penis is inserted into a plastic tube, which is pressed against the body to form a seal. A hand pump attached to the tube is used to create a vacuum that draws blood into the penis, causing the penis to become engorged. After 1 to 3 minutes in the vacuum, an adequate erection is created.