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PAE procedure and Erectile disfunction

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lou051947
lou051947

I am about to have PAE on thursday. I saw that someone posted here that they had erection issues after PAE. I have not seen that in any research I have done over a 2 year period. The Doctor doing my PAE is Dr Bagla. Has anyone heard of this issue after treatment?

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    ramblin lou051947

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    I have had ED problems for several years, often worsened by BPH medications.  My PAE was last July, and the interventional radiologist was only able to embolize one side.  Still, the improvements have been dramatic in urination.  The procedure had no effect, positive or negative, on ED. Cipro, however, did! A UTI was treated after the procedure with Cipro, and it rendered me completely impotent. I stopped taking it after three days and switched to penicillin, but it was another 5 days before I could get a moderate erection! Since then, I have returned to "my normal." I have used viagra for years, but I am becoming conditioned to it, and will ask my urologist to switch to cialis.
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