Question:
My doctor prescribed Hydrochlorot to me to fight hypertension. One of
the potential side effects was that it might cause erectile
dysfunction.
Instead, since I started taking the medication, I have had the most
solid, durable erections of my life. Could this be a side effect of
"leveling out" my blood pressure?
Answer:
The diuretic hydrochlorothiazide is often prescribed to help boost the
effectiveness of other anti-hypertensive medications and in some, but not
all, patients is correlated with erectile dysfunction. Hypertension itself
can result in erectile dysfunction. So your guess seems to be a good one: it
may be that more effective medication is alleviating a relatively mild
hypertension-induced erectile dysfunction.
