Sexual Health Day: Enhancement drug can trigger heart diseases – Gynaecologist
Dr. Ayodele Ademola, a consultant gynaecologist, has advised people with erection and potency problems to seek medical attention rather than use enhancement drugs.
According to him, taking enhancement drugs can cause heart disease.
Ademola, also the Medical Director of StrongTower Hospital and Advanced Fertility Centre, gave the advice in an interview in Lagos on Monday
He spoke in commemoration of the 2023 World Sexual Health Day (WSHD) with the theme “Consent”.
WSHD is held annually on Sept. 4 to celebrate every person’s right to sexual well-being.
The gynaecology department said that the use of sex enhancement drugs could cause cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, heart failure, and other related diseases.
Supreme News reports that sex enhancement drugs, also known as Erectile Dysfunction Medication, are mostly patronised and used by men more than their female counterparts.
He, however, said that the usage of sex enhancement drugs hadpositive and negative implications for human health, but the negativeimplications of the drugs far outweighed their benefits.
He said it was not advisable to use sex enhancement drugs except when they became exceptionally necessary and should be used under strict medical prescription and supervision.
”There are many instances where people who use sex enhancement drugs end up losing their lives.
“I have had a situation where two elderly couples who took sex enhancement drugs simultaneously had heart attacks and died.
“Also, a young man of about 45 years of age who took an overdose of tramadol with the aim to enhance his sex performance died in the course of having sexual intercourse.
“If anyone has a potency problem, it is advisable that such a person seek medical attention rather than use enhancement drugs. This is because it has many underlying side effects that may result in the loss of life,” he said.
Ademola, therefore, advised people who have erection problems to seek medical attention for proper diagnosis and treatment.
He noted that hypertensive, diabetic, and elderly people were at higher risk for the use of sex enhancement drugs, stressing that they should completely avoid using them because they might die in the process.
”Some people take excessive amount of drugs in order to enhance sexual performance but most of the drugs sometimes are not specifically made for potency improvement,” Ademola said.
He decried the use of tramadol, excessive alcohol intake, over-the-counter enhancement drugs, and other toxicants to boost sexual drive, saying that such acts were typical drug abuse and could result in more harm than good.
He added that some health implications of over-the-counter male enhancement drugs included damage to the urethra, permanent damage, and difficulty maintaining an erection.
Others are permanent problems with urination, penis “fractures” causing bleeding and requiring surgery, as well as a drop in blood pressure.
