Medicines, which are taken to cure certain ailments, tend to cause impotence or sexual dysfunction. Certain medicine may cause decrease in sperm count, abnormal liver functions, liver malignancy etc. Regular use of sleeping pills, tranquilizer, anti-depressants leads to impotency. Prolonged intake of antacids, antibiotics, anti coagulants, aspirin barbiturates for different ailments, may affects, liver functions, and also affects nutrients in your body. Cholesterol lowering drug high blood pressure drugs cause some negative side effects and these leads to impotency. Doctors are reluctant to scare their patients.Some medication can play havoc with the sex drive causing sexual dysfunction and these include drugs for high blood pressure like reserpine, methyldopa, guanethidine, and propranuol; nitrofurantoin for urinary infection; corticosteroids; anabolic steroids for muscle building and anti psychotic drugs. They also want to avoid creating a psychosomatic reaction. For instance, if a doctor tells a patient, who is taking medication for high blood pressure that they may be impotent, then he will lose the trust of this patient.
Some medication can play havoc with the sex drive causing sexual dysfunction and these include drugs for high blood pressure like reserpine, methyldopa, guanethidine, and propranuol; nitrofurantoin for urinary infection; corticosteroids; anabolic steroids for muscle building and anti psychotic drugs.