by Asa Hower
The phrase 'drug-fuelled sex' has a very different meaning for 23-year-old student Greg Banks compared with the popular perception of it.
For rather than indicating outrageous behaviour, Greg needs to take Viagra to 'guarantee' performance.
He started using the drug when he was 18, erection pills online because he 'had problems with sex' if he was drinking on a night out, and now takes it three times a week.
Now, Greg, who has had only two long-term girlfriends, says he would like to stop taking Viagra.
'It's costing me about £250 a year, which isn't great when you're a student, but I think I've become psychologically dependent on it,' he admits.
A recent survey of 5,000 people carried out for Upjohn, the maker of Viagra Connect, erection pills online found that 18 per cent of 18-24-year-old men had erection difficulties.
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Greg, who lives in Slough, Berkshire, and is in the final year of a degree in film studies at a Northern university, is just one of a growing wave of young men affected by erection pills online problems.
A recent survey of 5,000 people carried out for Upjohn, the maker of Viagra Connect, the over-the-counter version of the drug, showed that 18 per cent of 18-24-year-old men had erection pills online difficulties.
This echoes what clinicians are seeing.
'I have been in this field for 27 years and 20 per cent of my erectile-dysfunction patients are now aged under 30, compared with two per cent 20 years ago,' says Lorraine Grover, a specialist nurse from the Sexual Advice Association.
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'I'm seeing boys as young as 16, and quite a lot of young men in their 20s.'
This has worrying implications, as while many of the new generation of teenage and young adult Viagra users are otherwise physically fit males such as Greg, who use it as a prop to ensure sexual performance, others are suffering sexual difficulties and impotence caused by obesity and obesity-related type 2 diabetes.
This is a problem previously seen only in much older patients, and it's causing concern, says Ian Eardley, a professor of urology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
However, there are multiple reasons why young men may be affected by problems in the bedroom, including the rising use of pornography, binge drinking and drug- taking, erection pills online as these mean they need more stimulation to make anything happen.
Doctors are now increasingly aware that erectile dysfunction (ED) might be a sign of underlying disease — and fear that young men may be self-prescribing Viagra.
As a result, the real cause of their issues remains untreated, despite it being treatable.
'There's no doubt that type 2 diabetes causes it and a 30-year-old diabetic is at least twice or three times as likely as a non-diabetic to suffer from erectile dysfunction,' says Professor Eardley.
Studies suggest the problem is widespread.
In 2015, doctors at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, screened 1,417 men aged 20 and above and found that more than 11 per cent of those with erectile dysfunction had undiagnosed diabetes.
Meanwhile, the author of a review of studies in 2017, which found that 30 per cent of men aged over 18 were affected by impotence, suggested that weak erections 'might be a sign of early cardiovascular risk in young men'.
Writing in the journal Sexual Medicine Reviews in 2017, Wayne Hellstrom, a professor of urology at Tulane University in New Orleans and a former president of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, suggested that rather than reaching for Viagra, young men with ED should be going to the doctor.
Doctors are now increasingly aware that erectile dysfunction (ED) might be a sign of underlying disease.
(Stock image)
The now universally recognised 'little blue pill' was launched 22 years ago as the first effective erectile dysfunction treatment and became the world's best- selling drug.
The treatment (the chemical name is sildenafil) was originally developed by British scientists for patients with heart disease.
erection pills online, you are able to e mail us at our web page.
For rather than indicating outrageous behaviour, Greg needs to take Viagra to 'guarantee' performance.
He started using the drug when he was 18, erection pills online because he 'had problems with sex' if he was drinking on a night out, and now takes it three times a week.
Now, Greg, who has had only two long-term girlfriends, says he would like to stop taking Viagra.
'It's costing me about £250 a year, which isn't great when you're a student, but I think I've become psychologically dependent on it,' he admits.
A recent survey of 5,000 people carried out for Upjohn, the maker of Viagra Connect, erection pills online found that 18 per cent of 18-24-year-old men had erection difficulties.
(Stock image)
Greg, who lives in Slough, Berkshire, and is in the final year of a degree in film studies at a Northern university, is just one of a growing wave of young men affected by erection pills online problems.
A recent survey of 5,000 people carried out for Upjohn, the maker of Viagra Connect, the over-the-counter version of the drug, showed that 18 per cent of 18-24-year-old men had erection pills online difficulties.
This echoes what clinicians are seeing.
'I have been in this field for 27 years and 20 per cent of my erectile-dysfunction patients are now aged under 30, compared with two per cent 20 years ago,' says Lorraine Grover, a specialist nurse from the Sexual Advice Association.
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'I'm seeing boys as young as 16, and quite a lot of young men in their 20s.'
This has worrying implications, as while many of the new generation of teenage and young adult Viagra users are otherwise physically fit males such as Greg, who use it as a prop to ensure sexual performance, others are suffering sexual difficulties and impotence caused by obesity and obesity-related type 2 diabetes.
This is a problem previously seen only in much older patients, and it's causing concern, says Ian Eardley, a professor of urology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
However, there are multiple reasons why young men may be affected by problems in the bedroom, including the rising use of pornography, binge drinking and drug- taking, erection pills online as these mean they need more stimulation to make anything happen.
Doctors are now increasingly aware that erectile dysfunction (ED) might be a sign of underlying disease — and fear that young men may be self-prescribing Viagra.
As a result, the real cause of their issues remains untreated, despite it being treatable.
'There's no doubt that type 2 diabetes causes it and a 30-year-old diabetic is at least twice or three times as likely as a non-diabetic to suffer from erectile dysfunction,' says Professor Eardley.
Studies suggest the problem is widespread.
In 2015, doctors at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, screened 1,417 men aged 20 and above and found that more than 11 per cent of those with erectile dysfunction had undiagnosed diabetes.
Meanwhile, the author of a review of studies in 2017, which found that 30 per cent of men aged over 18 were affected by impotence, suggested that weak erections 'might be a sign of early cardiovascular risk in young men'.
Writing in the journal Sexual Medicine Reviews in 2017, Wayne Hellstrom, a professor of urology at Tulane University in New Orleans and a former president of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, suggested that rather than reaching for Viagra, young men with ED should be going to the doctor.
Doctors are now increasingly aware that erectile dysfunction (ED) might be a sign of underlying disease.
(Stock image)
The now universally recognised 'little blue pill' was launched 22 years ago as the first effective erectile dysfunction treatment and became the world's best- selling drug.
The treatment (the chemical name is sildenafil) was originally developed by British scientists for patients with heart disease.
erection pills online, you are able to e mail us at our web page.
