Viagra Use Could Lead To Condom Breaking

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Research from America shows that men who make use of the medications Viagra, Cialis and Levitra are four times more probable to end up with broken condoms than men who do not use these medications. However another study done by the same researchers last year showed that there was no link but nevertheless more research needs to be done in this area for a better understanding of the way that Viagra affects condom use.

The study was done with a group of 440 volunteers who regularly used condoms for vaginal sex. Just under ten percent of the men used a condom and for this group twelve percent reported condom breakage compared to only five percent of the group who did not make use of an erectile dysfunction medication. The researchers also reported that men who had sex for a longer period of time were also be more likely to experience their condom breaking.

The group of researchers said that it is possible that because the use of erectile dysfunction drugs increases the strength and hardness of an erection it may be that that the condoms are put under more pressure than usual. They suggested that the drugs manufacturers should possibly advise that when using a condom with their products it would be important to check that the size of the condom was sufficient.

When conducting this sort of research it is extremely difficult to come up with accurate results unless a very large pool of volunteers can be found to conduct research over a long period of time. In order to get 100 percent accurate results it would also be necessary to use standard condom products.

Since erectile dysfunction drugs allow you to have sex for a longer period of time it is pretty obvious that condom breakage is more likely to occur, however to blame Viagra, Cialis and Levitra alone for these incidents is not really justifiable as many other factors come into play. It could be the use of poor quality condoms, badly fitting condoms or just incorrect usage of them.

This research which was published in the medical journal Sexually Transmitted Infections is likely to aggravate the debate surrounding the use of Viagra and its cousins and the spread of STD’s which we have previously written about at Ukmedix News and also which AIDS charities often complain about.