For 5 months I have been intimate with a 55 year old man that has frequent ED. He is about 10 pounds overweight, does not exercise, drinks 2-4 drinks per day, eats a very poor high fat, processed-food diet, and he has just quit smoking. He can achieve erection but can not maintain it during intercourse. Lately he has begun taking Viagra, against my wishes because of the possible side effects. Even with the Viagra he seldom achieves orgasm.
He takes Lipitor each day. Several years ago his total cholesterol was about 250 and his doctor prescribed Lipitor. It is now about 150. He says the doctor never suggested exercise or improving his diet or warned him about drinking alcohol while taking this drug. Two nights ago, after running out of Lipitor and missing one dose, we actually had intercourse for approximately 60 minutes, without Viagra. He still could not achieve orgasm, but he was erect. We were both happily surprised.
I suspect the Lipitor may be causing the problem. I would like to try to convince him to stop taking this drug and now that I read about all the other horrible side effects I feel very scared, but I think he will be resistant to both my interference and afraid he'll have a heart attack. I have noticed what I consider pretty severe short-term memory problems and one of his co-workers commented about it as well. I think now that problem could be associated with this drug too.
Can anyone offer suggestions/advice