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Medications & erections

• Q: I take Glucotrol, Monopril, Pravochol, and LOPID. I'm 60 years old and have had a heart by-pass operation two years ago. Could any of the medications noted contribute to impotence?
• Dr. Klein: Your medicines indicate that you have diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia. All these conditions can cause or contribute to erectile dysfunction (impotence). Monopril, Pravachol, and Lopid all have a possible side effect of erectile dysfunction. Please do not discontinue any of these medicines without your physician's approval. In my experience, stopping these drugs does not have any major effect on erectile dysfunction.
  

 

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