{"id":7022,"date":"2016-07-20T09:58:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T09:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edrugstore.md\/blog\/?p=7022"},"modified":"2014-07-21T22:39:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-21T22:39:06","slug":"are-herbal-supplements-as-effective-as-a-prescription-for-erection-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/erectile-dysfunction\/are-herbal-supplements-as-effective-as-a-prescription-for-erection-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Herbal Supplements as Effective as a Prescription for Erection Health?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking for a natural erection health remedy? There’s a lot you need to learn first.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erection health isn’t a joke. But stand-up comedian Tim Minchin\u00a0makes a valid point in his beat poem called, “Storm.”<\/p>\n

In his performance, Minchin tells the tale of debating with a fellow partygoer who refused to take anything besides herbal supplements. She insisted, saying everything humans need can be found in plants. Minchin partly agrees. He says he did just that earlier in the night when he had a headache and took a white pill derived from willow bark. The pill\u00a0was called aspirin.<\/em><\/p>\n

Minchin’s point is that alternative medicines that are proven to work have a name — they’re called medicine.<\/p>\n

But that doesn’t prevent men from experimenting with supplements for erection health. And some of the supplements do have their benefits. But how do they stack up against their prescription counterparts? Read on to see.<\/p>\n

What the Mayo Clinic Has to Say About Herbal Supplements<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking all-natural preparations for erection health certainly isn’t anything new. Many cultures have long used herbs to help with erection health. But the Mayo Clinic<\/a> warns that while some of them might have some effect, they aren’t studied and regulated the way prescription medications are.<\/p>\n

Where a prescription for Viagra, Cialis, Stendra, or another in their class of medications will tell you in the product literature whether drug interactions are possible, you don’t generally get that with an herbal supplement. Also, supplement concentrations can vary quite a lot from one manufacturer to another.<\/p>\n

The Mayo clinic also warns that you should be wary of any herbal or natural product that’s labeled as a “Natural Viagra” or other so-called natural version of a prescription. Some of these are known to contain unregulated amounts of ingredients that are similar to the prescription. And some actually contain the real thing, although they are sold without a prescription.<\/p>\n

Both of these situations are dangerous. First, you don’t know what you’re getting. Second, it’s illegal to sell prescription medicine without a prescription. When the FDA discovers these medications, it bans them. However, some do remain on the market.<\/p>\n

How Prescription Medications\u00a0Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prescriptions are regulated; herbs are not.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The differences between natural remedies and prescription medications are more than just potency. The ingredients are vastly different. And with a prescription, you know exactly what you’re getting with every dose. The one thing you should never want a surprise with is erection health.<\/p>\n

The most common and effective medications are called PDE5 inhibitors. Briefly, these work by increasing blood flow to the penis. But there’s a lot more to it than that.<\/p>\n

For an erection to happen, there’s a complicated and critical series of events in the body that have to happen in a certain order. It all begins with stimulation, be it visual, by touch, or anything else that can be a sexual trigger.<\/p>\n

After the stimulation hits the brain, the brain then sends the signal down the spine to a set of nerves that supply the penis. What these nerves do it trigger the release of nitric oxide. That causes the blood vessels that supply the penis to dilate, which allows more blood to flow in. And an ample supply of blood is what directly creates an erection.<\/p>\n

With all of that blood flowing in, it has to go somewhere. There are two spongy columns of tissue along the left and right sides of the penis. Those are very flexible, and expand to accommodate the extra blood.<\/p>\n

While all of this is happening, the blood vessels that normally allow blood to flow out of the penis temporarily constrict. That’s what keeps the extra blood where you want it.<\/p>\n

As you can see, there really is a lot to an erection. And because of that, there’s a lot that can go wrong, creating erection health problems.<\/p>\n

Erection health medications help increase blood flow to the penis. That can circumvent other issues that cause erection health difficulties, such as diabetes, cardiovascular problems, prostate health issues, some nerve damage, and other problems.<\/p>\n

There Are Some Supplements that Can Help<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prescription medications are regulated, and you know what you’re getting. And more than that, they work for the majority of men who use them. But that’s not to say that no herbal supplement can help improve erection health.<\/p>\n

The Mayo Clinic lists a few supplements that have varying degrees of success:<\/p>\n