作者
Ashwin Srivatsav, Adithya Balasubramanian, Ujval Ishu Pathak, Jorge Rivera-Mirabal, Nannan Thirumavalavan, James M Hotaling, Larry I Lipshultz, Alexander W Pastuszak
发表日期
2020/7
来源
Sexual medicine reviews
卷号
8
期号
3
页码范围
431-442
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Introduction
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability to attain or sustain an erection for sexual intercourse. Affected men endorse difficulties with intimacy and feelings of guilt and shame. Although medical treatments are available, patients are reluctant to discuss ED with physicians and often use dietary supplements to attempt to treat their ED. As such, there is a need to better understand the effects of ingredients used in nutraceuticals for ED treatment.
Objectives
To summarize the literature on the efficacy and safety of the most common ingredients used in ED supplements.
Methods
10 of the most common ingredients in ED supplements were reviewed using PubMed-indexed literature to assess their efficacy and safety in treating ED. Key findings were summarized to include historical use, active ingredients, prior animal studies, human studies, and toxicity …
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