Impotence Support - ED caused by Cholesterol Medications??

Author

ED caused by Cholesterol Medications??

ernestnolan

2005-01-18, 10:07 pm

Hi All,

My 49 yr. old son was taking 40MG LIPITOR per day for a 2 1/2 years. He
kept promising to come in for a lipid profile test but didn't. The doctor
would not renew his prescription until he came in for another appointment.

For several years he had been suffering from significant ED with his wife
complaining, "You don't have any interest in me anymore". He told her he was
just getting older and this should be expected. They were still having
infrequent sex.

After several weeks of no LIPITOR he suddenly realized he was having MUCH
MORE SUCCESS WITH ERECTIONS. His wife was also very happy with the new found
performance, but being a nurse and knowing he needed to get his cholesterol
under control, she urged him to get back to the doctor and get back on
LIPITOR. He is now going to mention his discovery to the doctor and ask for
a medication that will not have that effect. He expects maybe the new one
coming out will be better.

This reinforces my same opinion that cholesterol medications can be
responsible for ED. I can remember going on the then new MEVACOR when it
became available and then enduring severe ED back in the mid 1990's I think
it was when that became available.

I had a by-pass in 1982 and have been taking medication beginning with
cholestyramine powder mixed with applesauce, yuck!

ernestnolan

Ignatz Bricks

2005-01-19, 7:06 am

Ernest's 49 yr. old son is first described:

> taking 40MG LIPITOR per day for a 2 1/2 years.

>The doctor would not renew his prescription

> For several years he had been suffering from significant ED with his wife
>complaining, "

>After several weeks of no LIPITOR he suddenly realized he was having MUCH
>MORE SUCCESS WITH ERECTIONS. His wife was also very happy with the
> new found performance,

>This reinforces my same opinion that cholesterol medications can be
>responsible for ED. I can remember going on the then new MEVACOR when it
>became available and then enduring severe ED back in the mid 1990's I think
>it was when that became available.

Ernest,

You know, I was thinking about starting a thread to see if anyone here is
taking Welchor!

The doctor first tried me on Zetia and I seem to be one of the few who cannot
take this medicine as it works like a laxative in me. I might as well take
exlax instead.

He then switched me to Welchor. It had some ferocious side effects, but they
gradually went away. Then I started noticing less desire and less ability to
obtain an erection. I've been on it for two months now, and it took over a
month for the new ED problem to show up.

On thinking about this, it is known that an extremely low fat diet or extremely
rapid weight loss can cause ED, so it might be expected that lowering one's
cholesterol would cause the same thing.

Ignatz.

raimund_lullus@yahoo.de

2005-01-27, 6:50 am

Back in my university days when I tried to find my way I studied
(amongst many things) Organic Chemistry and Physiology. The hype about
the danger of high Cholesterol was at that time (40 years ago)
considered a typical American craziness and both professors taught us:
"Be glad if you have high Cholesterol. It is a GOOD thing, because, if
you remember my metabolism diagram, Cholesterol is the precursor to
Testosterone !"
Maybe those long deceased teachers were not so wrong after all ?
Incidentally, I have low Cholesterol along with low Testosterone and
supplement both (Eggs, Bacon, Testogel)

ernestnolan

2005-01-27, 6:50 am

Hi,

I agree it is a lot.

I was told they wanted me to double my dosage from 20mg to 40 because they
wanted my numbr for HDL to go from 32 to 34 and I refused. Why double the
dose for a 7% improvement. My legs were giving me pain in the AM when I
shaved.

I brake pills and only take 30mg now and figure I'll risk the exposer of not
having the number more all the way to 34 or better.

ernestnolan

<dave@dave.com> wrote in message
news:f2oru09kn2b55nss9a5ejmh068hos3jm1r@4ax.com...
> I take a 10 mg of Lipitor every other day and I don't think I've had
> any significant side effects. This low dosage still does a very good
> job of controlling my cholesterol. 40 mg every day seems like a very
> high dose, so perhaps your son should try a lower dosage rather than
> just stop it altogether.
>
> Dave
>
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 02:11:32 GMT, "ernestnolan" <emiles@stny.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
appointment.[vbcol=seagreen]
was[vbcol=seagreen]
found[vbcol=seagreen]
cholesterol[vbcol=seagreen]
for[vbcol=seagreen]
think[vbcol=seagreen]
>

ernestnolan

2005-01-27, 6:50 am

Hi,

I have been receiving TRT via hormone pellets for more than 10 years. The
hormone gives you enthusiasm for sex but not the ability to get an erection.

When I first started TRT my T level was going up and I had fantastic
performance and then it stabilized at the new high normal level and I was
sick. The performance improvement went away. I was right back to my ED
problems and went to Dr. Irwin Goldstein, Boston Univ. for TRIMIX therapy
after reading his book "The Potent Male". He may have written other books on
ED since then.

ernestnolan

<raimund_lullus@yahoo.de> wrote in message
news:1106231247.160988.86710@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Back in my university days when I tried to find my way I studied
> (amongst many things) Organic Chemistry and Physiology. The hype about
> the danger of high Cholesterol was at that time (40 years ago)
> considered a typical American craziness and both professors taught us:
> "Be glad if you have high Cholesterol. It is a GOOD thing, because, if
> you remember my metabolism diagram, Cholesterol is the precursor to
> Testosterone !"
> Maybe those long deceased teachers were not so wrong after all ?
> Incidentally, I have low Cholesterol along with low Testosterone and
> supplement both (Eggs, Bacon, Testogel)
>

Jon von Leipzig

2005-01-27, 6:50 am

raimund_lullus@yahoo.de wrote:
> Back in my university days when I tried to find my way I studied
> (amongst many things) Organic Chemistry and Physiology. The hype about
> the danger of high Cholesterol was at that time (40 years ago)
> considered a typical American craziness and both professors taught us:
> "Be glad if you have high Cholesterol. It is a GOOD thing, because, if
> you remember my metabolism diagram, Cholesterol is the precursor to
> Testosterone !"
> Maybe those long deceased teachers were not so wrong after all ?
> Incidentally, I have low Cholesterol along with low Testosterone and
> supplement both (Eggs, Bacon, Testogel)
>

Think you're right, the "science" is weak. Problem is, there's already
too much prestige, too many perks, (and $$funding$$) associated with the
cholesterol theory, they're not about to change their minds, regardless
of the evidence.

trivia: simple vitamin C is a natural statin

Lipitor - The Human Cost
http://tinyurl.com/5qbux

StatinAlert
There are two sides to every story; discover some of the
less publicized facts about cholesterol-lowering drugs
http://www.statinalert.org/mainpage.html

The Cholesterol Myths
http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm

Statin Drugs - A Critical Review of
the Risk/Benefit Clinical Research
http://tinyurl.com/4sa8m
<snipped>
Careful examination of the literature on statin drugs reveals false
premises, minimal to no benefits, serious side-effects leading to very
low adherence rates,[8,21] and safer, low-cost alternatives for
prevention of CVD deaths.