When physical or psychological treatment fails to restore Impotency, then some other alternates can be considered:

• ED Pills: Phosphodiesterase E5 (PDE5) drugs such as Viagra (sildenafil), Levitra (vardenafil) and Cialis (tadalafil). These drugs are considered to be most significant prescription treatment of erectile dysfunction today.
• Injection: Injection of medication was principal form of treatment for impotence before Viagra was approved. Injection therapy helps up to 90 percent of men with impotence, and doctors often recommend it for men who do not respond to Viagra.
• Suppositories: Marketed under brand name MUSE (the medicated urethral system for erection) these suppositories containing drug alprostadil are inserted about two inches into urethra, opening of penis. Sometimes a rubber band placed around base of penis is needed to sustained erection. About two-thirds of men respond to alprostadil suppositories.
• Vacuum Devices:
  A hand pump is used to create a vacuum in a plastic tube that has been placed over penis. Once blood has entered penis, a tension band is slipped around base of penis to trap blood. The apparatus is removed for sexual intercourse to take place. There is no waiting for medications to take effect or wear off when finished.
• Surgery: Penile implants are primary surgical option for impotence, albeit a costly treatment, that is usually recommended after other methods have been unsuccessful.
• Hormonal Therapy: This is an uncommon option, because only about 5 percent of men have a testosterone deficiency linking their lack of sexual performance to erectile dysfunction. Testosterone is usually administered by patch, topical gel or injection. While oral testosterone can reduce impotence in some men with low levels of natural testosterone, it is generally not recommended, because possible side effects include damage to liver. When a hormonal basis is suspected for erectile dysfunction, Dr. O'Leary says routine blood testing is necessary to confirm that suspicion. Such tests may rule out or indicate some other underlying illness as cause.

Points to Remember:

• •Impotence is a consistent inability to sustain an erection for satisfactory sexual intercourse.
• •Impotence affects 18 millions (approximate) American men.
• •Impotence usually has a physical cause as well as psychological.
• •Impotence is treatable in all age groups.
• •Treatments include psychotherapy, drug therapy, vacuum devices, surgery and others.

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Furthermore, there have been very rare cases of recorded side effects and some of which are mainly allergic skin irritation that are usually cause by adhesive pads and also there are some brief pain due to application of electrical charge. However, electrotherapy is not advisable especially for those individuals with peacemaker since placing of adhesive pad over heart or over peacemaker may likely result to a cardiac arrhythmia. And it is not also advised to place adhesive pad over throat for it will result to a low blood pressure and placing pad over a pregnant woman is definitely a no-no since it can significantly damage fetus. Moreover, electrotherapy must not also be applied over malignancies as well as infected areas of body. Electrotherapy just like any method or kind of treatment is not without flaws that is why it is of great importance to know what medical or physical conditions are not in tuned with electrotherapy in order to prevent additional risk or even death.

In addition, various electrotherapy devices also function in different ways depending on type of problem or disease they are going to be applied. And also it should be noted that some electrotherapy devices are great in treating pain while others are best when used in treating fluid movement.

Author’s Bio: Jinky C. Mesias is lover of simple things and of nature. She spends most of her time reading and writing poetry.