Study of the prevalence and patterns of phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor use among sexually active Egyptian males: A National Cross‐sectional Survey

A cross‐sectional survey was conducted in Egypt from November 2015 to June 2016. Sexually active adult men were interviewed by a questionnaire designed by the authors. All the participants were evaluated by the abridged 5‐item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). A total o...

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Published in:	Andrologia Vol. 51; no. 9; pp. e13364 - n/a
Main Authors:	Attia, Attia Abd‐Allah, Abdel‐Hameed, Ahmad Kamel Seddeik, Amer, Mohamed Abd El Mawgood, Mamdouh, Hassan, GamalEl Din, Sameh Fayek, El‐Moslemany, Hossam El‐Din Gaber Mohamed
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-10-2019
Subjects:	Adult Coitus - psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Egypt - epidemiology Egyptian males Erectile dysfunction Erectile Dysfunction - drug therapy Erectile Dysfunction - epidemiology Humans Male Males Middle Aged Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data patterns of use Penile Erection - drug effects Penile Erection - psychology Phosphodiesterase Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors - pharmacology Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors - therapeutic use phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors Pleasure Prevalence recreational use Sildenafil Sildenafil Citrate - pharmacology Sildenafil Citrate - therapeutic use Surveys and Questionnaires - statistics & numerical data Egypt patterns of use Egyptian males phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors recreational use
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Summary:	A cross‐sectional survey was conducted in Egypt from November 2015 to June 2016. Sexually active adult men were interviewed by a questionnaire designed by the authors. All the participants were evaluated by the abridged 5‐item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF). A total of 3,000 sexually active Egyptian males participated in this study, 946 (31.53%) reported using PDE5Is at least once, and 2054 (68.47%) have never used them. The majority of those who used PDE5Is obtained them for recreational purposes mainly for pleasure (58.35%) and to increase duration/frequency of the intercourse (15.6%). Only 26.05% used PDE5Is to treat ED. The main source of obtaining PDE5Is was friends, relatives and colleagues (62.79%); 25.16% of users obtained the drug by themselves, and 6.66% were prescribed the drug by a pharmacist. Only 5.39% of users obtained the drug after a specialist physician consultation. Sildenafil was the most commonly used PDE5I (90.6%), and most of the users (88.05%) used them in an occasional manner even in the presence of erectile dysfunction, while 11.95% used the drug in a regular manner for every intercourse. PDE5Is are frequently used by the Egyptian male population, and most of them seemed to take them as recreational medications.
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ISSN:	0303-4569 1439-0272
DOI:	10.1111/and.13364