Impotence: non-hormonal drug therapy. Old and new drugs
Della Morte, E.; Cappellano, F.; Catanzaro, F.
Archivio Italiano di Urologia Andrologia Organo Ufficiale di Societa Italiana di Ecografia Urologica e Nefrologica 67(5): 321-327
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 1124-3562 PMID: 8589747 Document Number: 443252
The treatment for male impotence has undergone a radical change during these last years. This change is due mainly to the use of vasoactive drugs and more and more sophisticated prosthesis. The Authors discuss old and new drugs used, considering that often pharmacotherapy for impotence doesn't require the giving of a drug, but its suspension. The Authors mention, among the most active drugs, trazodone, yohimbine, pentoxifylline and L-arginine hydrochloride. However these pharmacological agents found only application to well defined and unfortunately limited cases. To day the ideal therapeutic agent is still not available. There is a need for continued research in this field; the initial results, like the ones on the erective mechanisms NO-dependents, give hope for the future.