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Q: Impotence & Opiates

asked by: confused1968 on March 17th, 2008

New User

I am in a relationship with a man who has just quit taking opiates (three weeks now).l He had been on some form of opiates for six years. Is impotence a side effect suffered during the withdrawl process even though most other symptoms of withdrawl have disapeared? Or should I be worried about hus feelngs toward me?

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CarolDiane

replied on March 18th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

I am moving this topic to Mens forum where you will get more replies pretaining to the topic sorce.

Carrie

marvin5

replied on March 19th, 2008

New User

impotence

yes it is a symptom. has nothing to do with you

MiseEire

replied on March 21st, 2008

Experienced User

I would have thought impotence would be more of a direct result of opiates, seeing as they weaken the urine stream, not a result of opiate withdrawal. But who knows? Maybe it takes a number of weeks for things to begin operating normally after cessation of use.

As far as I'm aware, besides overcoming withdrawal, there shouldn't be any major side effects to opiate use.

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