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Does Smoking Cause Erectile Dysfunction?

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Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
Question: I'm 28 and believe suffering from Ed, I'm having issues maintaining an erection, i never had this issue before.I was on escitalopram for a couple months and created Ed so I stopped taking it about 3 months ago, but I'm still having some issues. I can get an erection but have issues maintaining it. I started smoking about a year ago again, do you think that has a big reason why I have Ed? Will quitting smoking fix this? Anything else I can do?
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Answered by Dr. Sudhir (29 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Yes, smoking can cause this. Detailed Answer: Hello, Smoking does affect erection as it has effect on blood vessels.Quitting smoking and other addictions can definitely help you. Other things which can be tried are to see sex therapist, particularly to see if there are any other factors contributing to this. There are lots of treatment options, so therapist will put you on suitable one , till you can maintain erection on your own. Doctor might also want to get few investigations done.So rather going blindly about this, please take professional help. Hope this helps.Regards.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Sudhir (19 minutes later)
I plan on calling my doctor Monday morning, but this kind of freaked me out last night. I have zero other health issues, no medication and no other addictions. I just threw my cigarettes away. Also I was on escitalopram for about 3 months, I stopped taking it two months ago because of this problem and I couldn't do much atall sexually. Since I stopped with that medication my issues have reduced but is it possible it takes a long time for the side effects of that medication such as Ed to go away?
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Answered by Dr. Sudhir (4 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Yes, it can take long. Detailed Answer: Yes, it can take long for side effects to ware off. Also loss of confidence somewhere in the mind plays role in this. This happens to most patients.Once they are able to achieve good results 2-3 times , they feel relieved and dont need any help.So dont get overly concerned, just give it time and handle it in relax manner for better results. Only thing in your case is smoking might have delayed the early recovery. Hope this helps.Regards.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Does Smoking Cause Erectile Dysfunction?

Brief Answer: Yes, smoking can cause this. Detailed Answer: Hello, Smoking does affect erection as it has effect on blood vessels.Quitting smoking and other addictions can definitely help you. Other things which can be tried are to see sex therapist, particularly to see if there are any other factors contributing to this. There are lots of treatment options, so therapist will put you on suitable one , till you can maintain erection on your own. Doctor might also want to get few investigations done.So rather going blindly about this, please take professional help. Hope this helps.Regards.