Causes

What causes impotence?

In the majority of cases, impotence has a physical rather than psychological cause. Potential causes of impotence include:

• Medications (i.e. atenolol, cimetidine, digoxin, antidepressants, propranolol, lithium, carbamazepine, methadone, phentoin, thiazides etc.)
• Problems with the arteries or veins that supply blood to the penis
• Diabetes (vascular and nerve complications from diabetes)
• Endocrine disorders, decreased testosterone levels, high prolactin levels
• Psychological issues (relationship difficulties, perfectionism, insecurity, learned response not to feel emotions)
• Lesions in the nervous system
• Medical Illness, depression, prostatitis
• Physical Trauma
• Smoking or high alcohol consumption
• Elevated Cholesterol