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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
It is a known fact that numerous people take blood thinners.But when it comes to men, the question is whether these medications can affect erectile function and whether it’s possible to take them with standard erectile dysfunction treatments. Here is what the research says. What are Blood Thinners?Blood thinners are drugs which are used for treating, preventing and reducing the risk of blood clots formation and their embolization via the circulation to vital organs (such as the heart, lungs or brain), where they can lead to life threatening situations.The main types of blood thinners include:Platelet aggregation inhibitors – these drugs inhibit the aggregation (the clumping together) process of blood cells called platelets, which is the first phase of blood clot formation. Common examples of platelet aggregation inhibitors include Aspirin and Plavix (Clopidogrel).Anti-coagulants – these drugs increase the amount of time it takes for blood clots to form, by inhibiting the production by the liver of proteins called ‘clotting factors’. The production process of clotting factors is vitamin k-dependent, and the anti-coagulant drug warfarin, for example, works by antagonizing vitamin K. Heparin is an example of an anti-coagulant drug given by injection.Do Medications for Erectile Dysfunction Have Blood Thinning Effects?Because the erectile dysfunction (ED) medication Viagra ® (sildenafil) was originally developed for treating angina pectoris (a type of chest pain due to poor blood flow), many people assume it has blood thinning effects. In practice, however, there is no scientific basis that reinforces the assumption that Viagra or other ED medications (such as Cialis or Levitra) have blood thinning effects.In fact, Viagra belongs to a class of drugs called ‘PDE5 inhibitors’, which increase blood flow to the penis by affecting a natural chemical (called cGMP) involved in dilating penile blood vessels during sexual arousal. These medications help best when ED is
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