Don’t risk dying of embarrassment boys

ASK yourself the question ‘would you ever pay for sex?’ and you may respond with a forceful no. But, aside from thinking along the lines of engaging the services of escorts and ladies of the night, there are situations in which you technically might be doing just that.

One in ten men suffer from erectile dysfunction, a condition that kills the passion and may ultimately kill the patient if it’s mismanaged.

Its impact stretches way beyond the bedroom, but rarely brings the sufferer to the consulting room.

With the advent of the so-called called ‘Pfizer Riser’ — known as Viagra — came global relief for men who had to previously put up and shut up or resort to the archaic vacuum pump.

The little blue pill has been hailed the answer to men’s not-so-macho ailment, but is it?

I started by talking about paying for sex. While we may speak of free love it comes at a price if you have to take pharmaceuticals to achieve an erection. These don’t come cheap and if you are paying for them yourself the cost may be prohibitive. If you are entitled to have them subsidised through health service schemes your supply will be rationed.

Yes, that’s right, a 28-year-old newly-qualified female GP is able to dictate how many times a month you can have sex.

Currently your quota stands at four. If you want more you have to pay out of your own pocket. Small wonder then that many bypass their GPs and go straight to the internet to source these drugs.

In fairness, why have the cringeworthy consultation when you can consult in cyberspace and get as much as you like or realistically need? No blushing, stammering or stuttering just a few clicks and the brown paper package lands in your letterbox. No one need ever know! Erectile dysfunction may be embarrassing but blindly buying a box of blue pills online isn’t the answer.

One in five men suffer from ED as a result of psychological issues such as tiredness, stress, anxiety and depression. But for the remaining 80 per cent it’s not going up because something else is going on.

High blood pressure, cholesterol issues, undiagnosed diabetes; hormonal imbalance or prescription medications may all be at fault.

Failure to unearth these issues means the patient is blissfully unaware that their ailment may be the harbinger of serious ill health in the future.

Notwithstanding this, the dangers of online prescribing are immense.

Unless doctors speak up and patients be honest, a lot of fellas out there with ED run the risk of actually dying of embarrassment.