Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

The Hidden Side Effect of Beta Blockers 🛑 #MensHealth #ED

24 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this video excerpt, Dr. Anne Truong discusses a patient, David, whose hypertension medication—specifically thiazide diuretics or beta‑blockers such as atenolol—was inadvertently worsening his erectile dysfunction (ED). She explains that while these drugs effectively lower blood pressure, they can also reduce penile blood flow, exacerbating ED. Dr. Truong emphasizes that alternative antihypertensive agents exist that do not carry this sexual side‑effect, highlighting the importance of medication selection in men’s health.

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And here's what David's case makes even more significant. His blood pressure medication were actually making things worse because the very pill keeping his blood pressure in check were the one also reducing blood flow when he needed the most. Not because the medication are bad, they're effective to control blood pressure, but because there are other options that don't have this type of side effect. So if you take like a thiazide or you take a beta blocker, which is atenolol, it can actually make the ED worse.