Generic Viagra. Sildenafil citrate
I simply told my primary care physician (with Kaiser) that Viagra / Ciallis / Levitra were too damned expensive and she promptly provided a prescription for sildenafil citrate in 20 mg tablets. I take 2 before mongering and everything works like I was still 40 instead of almost 70.40 tablets cost 11.78 with Medicare drug plan co-pay. About $0. 30 per pill. Thanks, doc!!
Age is definitely a factor, but everybody is different
I'm about to turn 56 soon. When I was 50, everything was still pretty good. I'm not sure exactly when, but things slowly started going downhill. Maybe 52-53 was getting harder to get it up, and a lot of times wasn't fully hard. It was even hard getting it up to masturbate! Now days, I don't know how many more "bullets" I have left in me, so I can't afford to waste any of them jacking off!
I'm not in great shape, but pretty good. Don't do a lot of exercise, but have active jobs, eat pretty healthy (although until recently, I never gave any thought to how much fat sugar and salt I ate, and I ate a lot! Especially sugar and salt), I don't drink, do drugs, and don't even use much prescription medication.
Then about a year ago I was with a new lady, and man! I was having a real hard time getting it up. It was the worst performance ever for me. I was pretty embarrassed.
I immediately got in touch with allnuts. Talked about the different options, V, L, C. After talking for a while decided to try L. It worked ok at first, but I was always having problems with when to take it. It was hard to time it and take it on an empty stomach. So my results weren't that great with L. Don't dismiss it, it works, and may work great for you. But it wasn't the best for me.
I got back with allnuts and decided to try C. I have been happy with the C. I can take it ahead of time, and it lasts me a couple of days, maybe up to 3-4 days. I usually take half a pill at a time. I tried V a few times, it works pretty good, but again like the L, it has a shorter window, and I have to time it right.
I also got to say, sometimes, it doesn't work, and that's with any of them V, C or L. Everybody is different, so maybe it's just me. But C works most of the time for me.
Here is something else I have always wondered about and have never really heard much mention about it. Bisphenol A, or BPA, which is / was in a lot of plastic containers, canned food linings, and dental tooth fillings. It may be coincidental, but I noticed a difference a long time ago when I had a lot of dental work done. I had changed all my amalgam silver fillings to the white fillings. I think it was in my 30's when I did it. I think when I researched it, it said something about the BPA increasing estrogen / female hormones, it concerned me at the time, but I wasn't about to go back and have all my dental work redone. As I said, I seemed to notice a difference in my erections, but I think that maybe at the time I was young enough and was making enough testosterone to overcome it, but getting older the BPA is catching up and overcoming.
I did have some dental work done shortly before may lame performance a year ago. Could it be. Or is it just coincidence. I don't know.
I think age is definitely a factor, exercise, overall health, medication, environmental, chemical factors I'm sure also contribute.
For now C is working for me. Have been using it with my new lady friend for over a year now with great results. Minor side effects, occasional headache (rare), sometimes muscle aches in the back of my legs, sometimes a little ringing in my ears (also, pretty rare, but once in a while).
I asked my doctor about my ed, he sent me for a blood test. Results came back that my testosterone was good, so I don't know what's giving me the ed. I didn't follow up with my doctor so I don't know what avenue he would have recommended. Probably V, C or L.
Like others have recommended, it is probably best to go through your doctor. But if you want to avoid the doc, and you are in good health, check out allnuts, he can help you figure out what will work for you.
[QUOTE=DRmjm;3508684]I'm 50, in very good shape. I run everyday. My weight is ideal for my height. I've never needed this nor have ever experienced impotence. I can get hard easily and stay hard. Is it an age a factor or is it more a health factor?[/QUOTE]