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This BP Med DOUBLES ED Risk? 😳 Study Reveals Why Men Quit Taking It. #medicine #healthfacts #study

18 Sept 2025 · 0 min

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Men taking Dio for blood pressure had double the risk of erectile dysfunction compared to other blood-pressure drugs. A study found men on Chloraladon saw a 26% decline in sexual activity within two years, and medication non-adherence was more than twice as common due to sexual side effects.

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26% decline within two years.

Dio was associated with a twofold (double) higher risk of erectile dysfunction compared with other blood-pressure medications.

Non-adherence was more than twice as common due to side effects.

In der wegweisenden Studie Tom A. Jess zeigte sich, dass Männer unter Chloraladon innerhalb von zwei Jahren einen Rückgang der sexuellen Aktivität um 26 Prozent hatten. Männer unter Dio hatten zudem ein doppelt so hohes Risiko für erektile Dysfunktion im Vergleich zu Männern, die andere Blutdruckmedikamente einnahmen. Und die Nichteinhaltung der Medikation war aufgrund der Nebenwirkungen mehr als doppelt so häufig.