About 300,000 men each year are diagnosed with erectile dysfunction in the US alone. A third of these men do not respond to the conventional treatment with drugs such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. A smaller percentage cannot be prescribed with drugs due to pre-existing medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and hyperthyroidism. All these men are essentially left with the option of penile devices that help them maintain erections - or, of course, they could turn to herbal remedies.

Modern medicine is also starting to be more accepting of herbal remedies for treating sexual dysfunctions

Sildenafil (Viagra) has been available since the late 1990s for the treatment of erectile dysfunction and currently about 7 million prescriptions for Viagra are written every year, representing a billion dollars a year in sales. Like a lot of drugs, this one's journey to the pharmacist's shelf began in a quest to treat a different condition, in this case angina (heart disease). During trial studies researchers noticed that it had a positive effect on erection, which turned out to be stimulating news for Pfizer. The drug was patented in 1996, approved by the FDA on March 27, 1998 and become the first pill

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine say preliminary results of a small study show promise in improving erectile dysfunction  in men who had shown minimal reaction to Viagra. The study results are published in the March issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Erectile dysfunction is often a sign of a more severe vascular problem that involves abnormalities in the lining of the blood vessels. And often, endothelial dysfunction is an underlying problem for erectile dysfunction - it can be one of the first signs of atherosclerosis, a build-up of plaque and blockages

A new study appears to have found another use for the drug Viagra other than for treating problems such as erectile dysfunction. Canadian researchers say Viagra may help patients suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease that affects roughly one in 3,600 males and the first signs of the illness usually appear around age five.

It is a muscle-wasting illness which leads to muscle weakness, scoliosis, heart problems and obesity and few patients survive beyond age 25; heart failure is usually the cause of death. The researchers reached this

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