{"id":1029,"date":"2012-06-25T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warrenharris.net\/blog2\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2012-06-25T15:16:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T20:16:06","slug":"pain-painkillers-erectile-dysfunction-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warrenharris.net\/blog2\/pain-painkillers-erectile-dysfunction-and-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain, Painkillers, Erectile Dysfunction and You"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Big Blog<\/a> that started all this blather, there’s a section on pain medications and their side-effects. \u00a0This page is the logical progression from that section. \u00a0Once again I am not a medical professional. \u00a0What I write is from personal experience, conversations with my peers and over 60 years on this planet observing the Human Condition.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Erectile Dysfunction, popularly called ED so you won’t feel so bad when you have it \u00a0[Right…] most men never thought this would happen to them. \u00a0The ability to \u00a0achieve and keep<\/em> a big fat erection is considered part of being a MAN. \u00a0If you can’t, somehow you’re not as much a Man as you should<\/em> be. \u00a0Call it what you want, that’s the way we’re wired. \u00a0No man want’s to hear from his mate: “That’s OK baby, it happens to everybody sometimes.”<\/p>\n

Seriously.<\/p>\n

While some women seem to think men are just sex machines that will start snorting and pawing the earth like a bull in heat at the slightest come-on from a semi-attractive woman – and bang ’em like a cheap drum<\/em> all night long at the drop of a hat – they are a little off the mark.
\nMost men would also like to think this is true.
\nAnd in our younger days, for some<\/em> of us it was<\/em> true.
\nHowever… \u00a0Even under the best of conditions, sex for men is as much psychological as it is physical – perhaps even more-so.<\/p>\n

It’s not as much fun for either partner if it’s over almost as soon as it started. \u00a0And most men will freely (though not happily) admit they are not<\/em> up to the “ideal” 10-15 minutes of rutting like pigs in heat before both partners lie panting, glowing and sticking to the sheets. \u00a0If most men can make it to 3 minutes it’s a real accomplishment, requiring mentally ticking off baseball scores from the 50s in reverse order, designing a spreadsheet or building a honey-do list in their heads – all while trying to appear lusty, virile and focussed – and saying just the right thing at the right time.<\/p>\n

This is a lot of pressure. \u00a0Both mental and physical. \u00a0And when your plumbing starts to not<\/em> do it’s job like it used to, you can’t have any<\/em> part of the equation stop operating at peak efficiency or there’s going to be a failure somewhere.<\/p>\n

And then somebody’s left unfulfilled.<\/p>\n

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Now let’s just complicate all this with P.A.I.N. shall we?<\/p>\n

When you’re in chronic pain, especially low back or leg pain, think about the impact on good old-fashioned sex. \u00a0Even more-so with some kinky sex that requires better balance… \u00a0Now<\/em><\/strong> how easy is it to achieve and keep that Manly erection do you suppose? \u00a0I’ll tell you one thing. \u00a0I sure didn’t get any\u00a0better<\/span>. \u00a0Now you’re in Pain while trying to maintain an erection and do all those other things that make for a happy, satisfied mate – and self. \u00a0And the pressure mounts.<\/p>\n

For many of us, the only solution to our Pain problem is Painkillers. \u00a0And like with any other medication, most high-powered prescription painkillers come bundled with side-effects. \u00a0And several of these side-effects have both direct and subtle effects on the ability to have and enjoy sex. \u00a0The big list of side-effects is right here<\/a> in the Big Blog, but let’s enumerate some specific physiological side-effects of painkillers here:<\/p>\n