Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

These MEDICATIONS Cause ED! 💊 (40s & Older) #shorts

29 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Short advice from Anne Truong MD explaining common medical contributors to erectile dysfunction in people in their 40s and older. The speaker emphasizes that certain medications—antidepressants (SSRIs), antipsychotics, blood-pressure medicines, and opioid pain medicines—can cause ED; low testosterone (linked to obesity and sleep apnea) is also noted; and vascular causes (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity) are emphasized as more common than psychogenic causes in this age group.

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Medication that are notorious that affect your are the antidepressants like the ssri, the antipsychotic, the anti blood pressure medicine and opioid pain medicine as well. And then also low testosterone, which is related to obesity and sleep apnea. So if you're in your 40s, it's really more now focusing on more vascular causes than psychogenic causes. Like again, condition that cause blood flow decrease is high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity.