Tumescence recrudescent

[Assurbanipal]

I spent a little over 3 years on Kaletra, and about a year or so in started to see cholesterol and blood sugar increases.  Along with that I also noticed a certain ... lack of excitability .. as it were.

A recent study reported in AIDSMEDS supports that sense, suggesting that erectile disfunction is common for those taking protease inhibitors and linked to the duration of protease inhibitor use.

http://www.poz.com/articles/hiv_erectile_dysfunction_761_17674.shtml

Sample size of one and all that, but just as my cholesterol levels and blood sugars appear to be going down now that I've dropped Kaletra, other things appear to be headed ...well ... you know ... up 

and rolling out of bed in the morning once again faces certain ...

well ...

err ...

TMI no doubt, but thought some of you might find it good news to hear that certain undesirable side effects might be reverseable ...

and...



 

[PozBrian]

How can one decide that ...um... bedroom issues... are due to meds and not being 20years old any more, rather than nearly 2 and half time that?

Brian
(Who is a breath from 50 and lifetime from 20)

[Assurbanipal]

Well, I thought it was aging

until it turned out not to be, or at least not entirely so. 


At age 53 this feels more like a continuum of how I felt at age 48 or 50, rather than the somewhat sudden decline in capability after a year on Kaletra. 

(I'll see your 50 and "raise you" ...)

[Miss Philicia]

Can't say I've had this issue ::wink:: and goodness knows I've been on a large variety PIs for 13 years.  But then even when I had years of low testosterone issues I didn't have ED.

Otherwise, is it really a great idea to do a study on this issue where the average age is 42?  At what age do non-infected men begin to have ED issues?  I really don't have a clue.  I know on some other "general" gay board I was reading there was a topic about libido, which though different than ED many people conflate the two, and it seemed there were a significant amount experiencing a decline around age 45. 

There are just too many co-factors as mentioned in that link for me to really see a concrete connection with PIs.  I mean, just the depression issue of HIV+ folks (which everyone likes to always ignore) runs at 60% so it's not at all odd that people see ED issues.

[Assurbanipal]

Can't say I've had this issue ::wink:: and goodness knows I've been on a large variety PIs for 13 years.  But then even when I had years of low testosterone issues I didn't have ED.

Otherwise, is it really a great idea to do a study on this issue where the average age is 42?  At what age do non-infected men begin to have ED issues?  I really don't have a clue.  I know on some other "general" gay board I was reading there was a topic about libido, which though different than ED many people conflate the two, and it seemed there were a significant amount experiencing a decline around age 45. 

There are just too many co-factors as mentioned in that link for me to really see a concrete connection with PIs.  I mean, just the depression issue of HIV+ folks (which everyone likes to always ignore) runs at 60% so it's not at all odd that people see ED issues.

Umm, yes ... I believe you have shared your rigorous approach to prostrate health in a previous thread. 

ED is pretty strongly linked to higher cholesterol and blood sugars, so the protease inhibitor link makes a lot of sense medically.  I believe depression tends to primarily be a problem with libido;, while lack of desire certainly can contribute to ED that was not the case for me. In fact, the story of discovering ED for me was one of those supremely embarrassing moments which in retrospect is screamingly funny -- but to do it justice I fear I'd need a guest editorial slot on The Spincycle... 

As far as age 42 in the study, ED is almost nonexistent in healthy men at that age so it should not cause any question in the results.  Here's stats on prevalence:

Prevalence (2000): Complete erectile dysfunction—never able to achieve an erection—prevalence estimates for different ages, based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey:
20–29: 1.8 percent
30–39: 0.4 percent
40–49: 1.2 percent
50–59: 4 percent
60–69: 16.7 percent
70–74: 21.5 percent
75–up: 47.5 percenthttp://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kustats/index.htm

[HowYouDoin]

I've been on Kaletra-Truvada for about 2 years and I have noticed a slight decline on my sex drive BUT I believe it has to do with a slight depression which leads to a lack of energy and weight gain and that makes me feel unwanted etc etc... BUT when I am in the mood, boy am I the energizer bunny. )

To conclude, I have also gotten older in these past two years and have alot of worries so I don't think it has to do with your meds, in particular Kaletra. Glad you are back in the mood again and things have gotten better.

Alan

[Miss Philicia]

I believe it has to do with a slight depression which leads to a lack of energy and weight gain and that makes me feel unwanted etc etc...

Cheer up sweetheart -- that's the beauty of the right hand.  It never judges you.

[WildcatCC]

At 40+, when I see the ads for Cialis or Levitra, I take as a personal challenge the whole 4-hour erection issue. The doctor is the very last person I'm calling if I have an erection lasting more then 4 hours.

[WillyWump]

At 40+, when I see the ads for Cialis or Levitra, I take as a personal challenge the whole 4-hour erection issue. The doctor is the very last person I'm calling if I have an erection lasting more then 4 hours.

Right on! Id be calling everyone i know and screaming "All Aboard"!!!

j/k, or am I?

-Will