If your erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs don’t have you rising to the occasion, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re out of luck. Many men who fail to respond to ED meds are taking them incorrectly, finds new research from Spain.
In the study, 69 percent of guys who reported that their penis problems persisted even after taking PDE5 inhibitors—first-line ED drugs such as Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra—were making some errors when downing the pills.
The researchers offered these patients a “re-education” program to help them better understand how they should use the meds. Of the guys that accepted, 77 percent then responded favorably to the ED drugs.
See how men commonly misuse ED drugs, and learn from their mistakes.
DON’T EXPECT A MIRACLE.
Most guys know that these meds don’t magically give them an erection. Still, 3 percent of study participants reported they weren’t getting enough sexual stimulation when trying them out.
If you’re not aroused, you might as well have just popped a placebo. That’s because of how the drug works in your body.
When you get sexually excited, your brain sends a signal via the nerves down to your penis. This releases a chemical into the muscle of the penis, which then sparks the production of another chemical—the one your ED meds work on to give you a boner. If you’re not aroused, that second chemical wouldn’t form in the first place. Now you can buy Levitra online .
DAILY DOSE TAKE MORE THAN THE BARE MINIMUM.
Unless you’ve reached the max dosage, don’t assume your meds aren’t going to work for you—an error shared by 31 percent of the study participants.
It might be tempting to start at the lowest dose—who wants to take more medication than they need?—but the reality is, it might not be enough to treat the problem. And that can leave guys frustrated.
“For the majority of men who come in really complaining about ED, if it’s going to work, it’s going to work at the higher dose,” says Dr. Rajfer.
DON’T EAT BEFORE POPPING THE PILL.
If you’ve just had a big dinner, a romp in the bedroom right after might not be in the cards. Over 20 percent of men in the study made the mistake of taking Viagra or Levitra too soon after eating.
That’s a major problem. Those two drugs work best on an empty stomach, so you need to wait at least 2 to 3 hours after a full meal to take them, says Dr. Rajfer.
“If you have food in your stomach with those drugs, only half the drug gets absorbed,” he explains. “So if someone whose penis requires 100 milligrams (mg) takes that 100 mg with food in his stomach, he is really only getting a 50 mg dose.” If you want high dose then buy malegra online .
WAIT A LITTLE WHILE TO HAVE SEX.
We know you’re eager, but it really does pay to wait. One in six guys in the study screwed up by initiating sex too soon after popping the pill.
Now, that’s not to say that there won’t be enough of the drug in your system to help you get an erection 15 minutes after you take it—or even 12 hours later. But when you’re first testing to see if you will respond to the drug, it makes the most sense to try it when it’s at its peak level.
“Once you know it works, then you can play around with the time,” Dr. Rajfer says.
