AST Sports Science | Breaking Research 3-25-99 | Study shows DHEA is possible treatment for impotence

Study shows DHEA is possible treatment for impotence.

DHEA - dehydroepiandrosterone - appears to be a very effective alternative treatment of erectile dysfunction, according to a recent study by Austrian researchers.

Dr. Werner J. Reiter and colleagues at the University of Vienna, Austria, randomly assigned 40 patients with erectile dysfunction to take placebo or 50 milligrams of DHEA daily for 6 months. Each of the patients had normal levels of testosterone and other hormones.

Those taking DHEA had "an impressive improvement in maintaining the erection after 16 weeks" of therapy, the researchers report in the March issue of Urology.

At the daily 50 milligram dose, DHEA treatment had no effect on prostate-specific antigen or any of the hormones monitored, and no adverse effects associated with the treatment were reported.

Reiter concluded that "oral DHEA treatment may be of benefit in the therapy of erectile dysfunction," but the mechanisms underlying this benefit are not yet understood. Although the study population was small, the "data show a biologically obvious trend that justifies further extended studies", said Reiter's research team.

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