Can Zanex cause erectile dysfunction or impotency? Posted: 05-08-07 16:28pm
My question is what can I do to maintain
my erections? I never had problems all my
life, now all a sudden these last 3 weeks
I can stay hard. I've been with my girl
for 3 years, we never had a problem with
this until recently. The only differerence
now is that I take zanex to sleep at
night, and I take them about 4 nights a
week.
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Sexual Health - Men Answer A2745 Posted: 05-21-07 06:06am
Erectile dysfunction can be due to mental
anxiety or physical disorder. According
to your age (48) and the organic
possibilities for disease
(atherosclerosis, for example) ...
impotency is a possible diagnosis.
Atherosclerosis is a disorder of the blood
vessels. You can first request laboratory
analyses to check your blood cholesterol,
triglycerides, sugar… and to evaluate
the possibility of developing
atherosclerosis. This may play a part in
erectile dysfunction.
Erectile dysfunction is not mentioned as a
side effect of Zanex (alprazolam).
Alprazolam is a drug used for treating
anxiety. Both insomnia and erectile
dysfunction could be also due to anxiety.
You can consult a mental health doctor for
your anxiety and erectile dysfunction and
follow up with your primary physician for
the other diagnostic tests.
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