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Posted at 5:25 PM on Aug 18, 2009 by tomneversfield, #43833
I just read many postings here regarding lisinopril/hctz and the sexual problems it had caused you. I'm a 26 year old male, just married, and am having major problems with my sex drive and erections as well. I've been to several andrologists and they all concluded that 'everything is fine' and that i shouldn't be having the problems i'm having (based on many blood tests of course). I actually used to have a very high sex drive and no problems at all with erections, but i started losing my sex drive slowly but surely a year ago when i started taking lisinopril/hctz. Few months later, my erection started getting weaker and weaker as well. Now, i almost have no sex life. I quit lisinopril/hctz just 3 weeks ago, and i THINK i'm experiencing better morning erections, but still my sex drive is abnormally low. Sometimes my wife gets offended. I may get an erection during foreplay, but the erection is usually short lived, since i have no sex drive in the first place. Could anyone please share with me their experience with quitting this poison, and please let me know if you recovered your sex drive/life. Many thanks,
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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 20, 2009 by guest0222, #22383

1) Get off lisinopril.
2) Take some extra minerals, here are some suggestions, of course, always consult your physician first:
get some extra manganese, maybe 4-9 mg?
get some extra zinc maybe in the range of 12-45mg?
get some calcium maybe 200-800mg?
get some magnesium maybe 100-400mg?
get some iron & copper (12 mg, 1mg)
get some extra iodine, maybe kelp tablet

Generally speaking the manganese and magnesium will help the most, but one should always take a rather balanced increase of minerals (e.g. increase them all), because if you don't after a while you'll have another weird imbalance.

Best of luck!

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Reply 3 months ago on Aug 23, 2009 by bastos, #22443

i am 46 years old man,no problem until i start lisinopril ,my sex drive and erection is very low and i stop now and i am going back to my doctor this week,i can't take no more,i start have problemas with my wife too i hope i am back to normal again.

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