A Hard Pill to Swallow About Impotence Drugs

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I have one question and one comment about the article Frank

posted a few days ago. I have snipped off most of the long article

& put my comments and question below after the appropriate section in

the original article.

 

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" Frank " <califpacific

<alternative_medicine_forum >

Saturday, July 05, 2003 6:28 AM

A Hard Pill to Swallow About

Impotence Drugs

 

 

http://www.mercola.com/2003/jul/5/impotence_drugs.htm

A Hard Pill to Swallow About Impotence Drugs...

By William Douglass, MD

<snip>

What's the harm in all this, you ask? Why is popping Viagra and other

potency drugs to feel like a teenager again such a bad thing? For one

thing, these drugs can cause people enormous (and risky) physical

stress as they try to keep up with their libido-in-a-bottle. Now

don't get me wrong--I'm not knocking after-50 sex. In fact, few

things are more life affirming and invigorating than making love

later in life.

 

But let's act our ages while we do it, huh? A drug-induced,

swing-from-the-chandelier sex marathon really isn't " conduct

becoming, " is it?

<snip>

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My comment: I have to totally disagree with the above 2 paragraphs.

Since when does " conduct becoming " have anything to do with sex? At

any age? Sheesh, if I want to swing from the chandelier at any age, I

sure am not going to worry about what might be proper for someone my

age. If people exercise properly, vigorous sex won't harm them at any

age. If people are eating a terrible diet & not exercising properly,

*any* sort of exertion could be quite harmful. Vigorous sex is not

the problem with heart attacks -- bad lifestyle is the problem.

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DR. MERCOLA'S COMMENT:

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Yohimbine is from a native tree in West Africa. For centuries a tea

distilled from the inner bark of this tree has been used to amplify

male virility and sexual prowess.

 

Yohimbine’s primary path of action duplicates a key biochemical role

in male erection. It acts upon a specific network of nerve cells

called the alpha-2-adrengeric system and shuts down this system,

which increases the flow of blood through arteries into the penis

while at the same time decreasing the blood flow from the penis

through veins. It also results in higher levels of ACH. Several

controlled trials have been done with yohimbine, and the response

rate is about 40 percent.

<snip>

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My question: When I sent the full article to a close friend of

mine, he reminded me that Yohimbe ( the tree bark) & Yohimbines (the

extracted active principles) are strong MAO inhibitors, and can be

quite damaging to the liver over time. Is yohimbine really something

which should be reccomended?

 

Alobar