Erectile dysfunction

Diseases and medicines that can cause erectile dysfunction

Diseases that often cause erectile dysfunction

• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Heart diseases
• High cholesterol
• Depression
• Prostate surgery
• Other diseas es (kidney diseases, chronic alcoholism, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis).

Medicines that can cause or worsen erectile dysfunction:

• Cardiovascular medicines (for treating hypertension; digitalis preparations)
• Psychotropic medicines (antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics)
• Other medicines (e.g. antiepileptics)