Room 520-B | Bayer Health Care Monday, July 11, 2005 Time: 2:30 PM-4:30 PM |
Helping Couples Stay Connected - New Paradigms in ED Management.
Lee, Jay*,, Arango, Ivan*,,
ABSTRACT- This workshop will focus on couple's with ED and the impact that ED has on their relationship. Research on female partners of men with ED elucidates the important effect ED has on her sexual experience and how successful treatment of his ED improves the experience of both the man and his partner. Our understanding of the sexual ecology of men with ED and their partners helps to put clinical data and treatment decisions into perspective. There is now an extensive body of knowledge about ED focusing primarily on functionality and improvement of erections, but still too little attention has been given to female partners of men with ED. We will discuss clinical data from a trial that tested the hypothesis that by treating male ED subjects with vardenafil, their female partner's sexual quality of life also shows meaningful improvement. Issues of communication will also be addressed.
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