Special to DG News NEW YORK, NY — May 19, 2002 —
Hypertensive patients with erectile dysfunction who are taking the angiotensin II receptor blocker valsartan find they have increased sexual desire, and that increase is documented by increased use of sildenafil pills, researchers reported.
“We have known from past studies that patients on valsartan say they have greater sexual desires,” said Roberto Fogari, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Pavia, Italy, “but we actually counted the use of sildenafil pills they used which shows the increase.” He presented his findings here yesterday at the 17th annual meeting of the American Society of Hypertension. Dr. Fogari compared the use of sildenafil among 38 men mild to moderate hypertensives – diastolic blood pressure between 90 and 105 mmHg.
They were all aged between 46 and 65 years and able to have an erection only with sildenafil. Study participants were given either 160 mg of valsartan or 20 mg of lisinopril daily in a double-blind crossover manner.
The patients were on each antihypertensive medication for 16-week periods. “These were men who could only achieve an erection with sildenafil. We assume that because they were increasing their use of sildenafil that their sexual desire increased,” he said. Dr. Fogari said the researchers only accumulated information on the number of tablets used-not on the number of intercourse attempts.
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