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Since then multiple reports on the efficacy of intracavernosal therapy have been published using, phentolamine, papaverine, prostaglandin, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), and these medications in combination (86-90).

These medications have been found to be extremely effective for neurogenic ED due to their ability act locally and essentially bypassing neuronal pathways.

Local therapies are usually considered second-line after PDE5i fail to elicit a desired response which can occur in about 25–30% of men with ED, in general (91).

Furthermore, the locally delivered medications can be quite dangerous if not used appropriately as priapism and significant pain with injections can occur.

These specific occurrences have been suggested as a reason for high discontinuation rates with intracavernosal therapy (92). Papaverine is an buy real viagra opium alkaloid that acts as a non-specific PDEi that increases intracellular cAMP and cGMP leading corporal smooth muscle relaxation (93). Intracavernosal papaverine injection was the first clinically effective pharmacological therapy for ED and led to a full erection in at least half of the patient in early studies (94,95).

Alprostadil is a potent vasodilator and smooth muscle relaxant identical to the naturally occurring PGE1. PGE1 binds with specific buy real viagra receptors on smooth generic prescription viagra muscle cells and activates intracellular adenylate cyclase to produce cAMP, which in turn induces tissue relaxation through a second messenger system (96).

PGE1 is the only FDA approved form of intracavernosal therapy and is available commercailly as EDEX, or Caverject.

Its efficacy was demonstrated in several clinical trials where the rate of responders ranged from 40% to 80% (97,98).

The most common adverse event is buy real viagra penile pain, which is not related to the injection of the medication itself.

In men with prolonged use the pain is usually self-limited (99). Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) VIP is a neurotransmitter with regulatory actions on blood flow, secretion and muscle tone with intracorporal adenylate cyclase activation and smooth muscle relaxation. VIP has been shown to elevate

cAMP

However, it also may interfere with prejunctional ?2 receptors, which may counteract the process (100).

Consequently, this may be a reason viagra 100mg online shopping phentolamine is not prescribed as monotherapy, and frequently is combined with papaverine, alprostadil or VIP. Multiple combinations of intracavernosal therapy exist and the effectiveness of them varies based on patient characteristics and varying dosing strength ( Table 1 ). Combination therapy have been extremely effective in the SCI population, and have several advantages including a reduction in cost per dose and side effects base on the lowered dose of each component (101,102). Effectiveness of combination therapy in the spinal cord population is well established, but no specific dose recommendations can be made based on the data (103-106).

The use of combination therapy on other forms of neurogenic ED have not been well studied, but there use can be trialed as second-line therapy, or for populations were the side effects of PDE5i may preclude use such as in MSA due to hypotension.

Alprostadil may be delivered via the urethra in the form of a pellet (MUSE) (107). This form of therapy has been trialed in SCI men with intermediate success (108). Bodner trialed MUSE dose escalation in SCI men and found 1,000 ?g to be the most effective dose.

Several men buy real viagra had hypotension when a constriction ring was not used in conjunction with the MUSE therapy.

Vacuum erection devices (VED) VED involved placing the penis in a clear plastic tube where negative pressure created by the vacuum pump leads to penile engorgement and tumescence. Usually a constriction ring can be placed on the base of penis following penile engorgement.

Some men complain of bruising, a “cold” penis and pain associated with the constriction ring; however, in some men with NED sensation may not be intact mitigating the side effects of VEDs. VEDs have reported effectiveness up to 90% in certain ED populations and it remains a non-invasive means cheap generic viagra soft tabs to achieve and erection.

(109) compared VEDs with papaverine injections in 18 males with SCI.

The injections and pumps were equally effective in inducing erections and no adverse effects from the treatments were reported.

Treatment arms were crossed over, subsequently seven men chose the VED and seven men chose the papavarine highlighting equal efficacy in this population. In another treatment arm topical minoxidil was applied without any effective erections achieved by the study subjects.

VEDs in general have great success in the neurogenic population. Limitations that may affect use are limited manual dexterity, cost due to non-insurance coverage, lack of spontaneity, artificiality of erection, obesity/buried penis, and anticoagulant use. Prior to the introduction of PDE5i in 1998, intracavernosal vasoactive medications and penile implant surgery were the mainstays of treatment. Penile implant surgery involves placement of inflatable or malleable rods within the corpora cavernosa to provide rigidity for intercourse. Choice of which implant to place usually depends upon manual dexterity and function of the patient, patient anatomy, physician preference and surgical approach. performed penile implant surgery in 245 men with neurolgic impairment caused by spinal cord injury, CNS neoplasm, CNS infection, MS and SB (110). Mean follow-up

time

Interestingly, 135 patients underwent penile implantation to assist with management of urinary incontinence and improve ability for condom/intermittent catheterization. Ninety-two patients

patient

Complications included infection (5%), perforation (0–18%), and technical dysfunction (7–33%). Perforation rates were high with the malleable device when it was placed through a subcoronal incision.

After adopting an infrapubic approach the perforation rates dropped substantially.

Since the advent of PDE5i, many other selective and non-selective peripheral acting compounds have been developed or are in development.

Avanafil has shown promising results in treating ED in post-prostatectomy patients with suspected cavernous nerve injury (111). Other PDE5i marked in Asia such as udenafil, and mirodenafil also effective at treating ED may minimize side effects due to shorter half-lives (112-114). Soluable guanylate-cyclase inhibitors and potassium channel activators are compounds

that

A study investigating the dermatologic use of Melanotan-II (buy real viagra MT-II) was found to generate erections unexpectedly leading to the development of MTII derivatives for ED treatment (120).

MT-II was initially used to induce pigment changes in the skin for artificial tanning but has been suspected to induce melanoma, however (121).

Finally, gene therapy and stem cell research has widened the frontier of ED treatment proposed as possibility to even reverse ED.

Specifically, gene therapy pertains to repairing the cause of ED by restoring defective gene function and/or altering the expression of the mutant gene (32). Most of the available data on gene therapy are in the animal model.

However, a phase I clinical trial in men with ED undergoing intracavernous injection with a DNA plasmid carrying the alpha-subunit of the corporal smooth muscle Maxi-K channel showed promise in increased erectile function based on IIEF assessment sustained throughout the 3-month study period (122).

Recently, several advances in the uses of stem cells have bet met with great anticipation. Stem cells have the ability to differentiate into different cell lines based on the cellular signaling they receive. Bone marrow mononuclear cells in particular have been used for the treatment of ED in animal models. recently delivered bone marrow-mononuclear cells (BM-MNC) into the intracavernous smooth muscle of post radical

prostatectomy

Although promising, further investigation in humans is required to substantiate BM-MNCs impact on erections, and erectile function recovery going forward.

Clearly, PDE5i have revolutionized the treatment of ED in general and the neurogenic ED population is no exception.

They remain safe and effective in most men with neurogenic ED; however, care must be taken in prescribing PDE5i to men high spinal cord lesions, MSA or possibly PD.

VEDs are minimally-invasive and can be as effective as other modalities at leading to erection. However, high discontinuation rates are associated with VED use related to pain, difficulty using the device or cold penis.

Intracavernosal therapy has been viagra online ebay a mainstay of treatment for neurogenic ED and remains extremely successful in the SCI population. Trial of intracavernosal therapy for other causes of neurogenic ED can be considered second-line therapy, but there is a relative paucity of data for clinical outcomes related to its use outside of SCI men.

Surgical therapy via penile implantation remains another second line approach and may also be utilized to assist men with bladder management.

Higher complication rates of infections, and perforation have been reported compared to neurologically intact men.

Many other compounds are currently being evaluated for the treatment of neurogenic ED as well as gene and stem cell therapy, but still should be considered investigational until substantiated by randomized controlled trials.

Neurogenic ED remains difficult to diagnose and treat effectively.

It is important to realize that many men with neurologic disorders may have ED related to disease related factors separate from the insult to the neuro-erectile pathway.

These disease related factors must be addressed prior or simultaneously with pharmacologic and/or surgical therapy to effectively treat their SD.