Not many people realize it but only about one tenth of the men in this country that are afflicted with erectile dysfunction will take action against it and seek treatment options.
Reasons for this are person, and I will not attempt to figure out why this is, but there are ways how you can treat ED without a doctor that are effective and safe and may very well work even better than whatever he would suggest.
Doctors most often recommend medication, and with this medication comes side effects, insurance companies, and for some men embarrassment.
Personally I would prefer to avoid these problems entirely, in favor of a more natural and heart healthy option.
I am referring of course to the herbal supplements that are touted in many health food shops and make very high claims of success.
Most of these do not work very well, but some such as L-Arginine has had great results for treatment of erectile dysfunction and is often called nature's Viagra.
Horny goat weed has also had very promising results in terms of enhancing sexual functioning, and the plant has been used in eastern medicinal practices for millennia and being proven by western science now.
We must also be sure to do things like exercise more and eat healthy, because general health is the biggest component of erectile health, and no pills will be effective if you are physically or mentally unfit for sex which is at times the case among men of an older generation, due to changing body chemistry.
And eating foods like oysters will help not only increase sexual desire but raise the level of testosterone in the body.