Less desire, poor erections,
Can Warfarin effect your sex life.?
Question posted by Bolliver on 21 Oct 2011
Last updated on 25 April 2017
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Thor283
21 Oct 2011
Warfarin, also known as Coumadin, is a medication that thins down the blood and prevents blood clots. This can be a good thing if you have certain heart and/or circulatory ailments. But it can be a very bad thing if you're trying to get an erection. So yes it can cause poor erections. I don't know about lack of desire. I really don't see how it would cause that. You may be doing that to yourself because you know you can't stay erect. I don't mean you're doing it on purpose, I mean like an unconscious thing. It's possible. Or maybe you simply feel nervous because you can't stay hard and the nervousness is causing the lack of desire.
I'm wondering if Viagra or 1 of the other ED meds can help you, and I don't know. You should ask your doc. Viagra can cause more blood to go to the penis, but I think it will still be the same thinned down blood. I am just not sure. So ask the doc.
Best Wishes.
koffeeman
8 Sep 2016
i know this is an old thread, but thought i'd include my experiences since i have no where else to document them and i'd like some response to see if i'm right, or way off in left field.
i am on warfarin and lo-dose aspirin (both due to heart problems). i have noticed...
1. because of the drugs (i think) my blood is thinner and more anti coagulant (is that a word?) and i tend to get an erection very fast, or at least much faster than before from flacid to erect. i never 'timed' it before and i see no point now, but way less than half the time as before my operations. i see this as a good think.
2. again, because my blood is thinner, i have found that my erection is not as rock-hard as before. i am not bragging, i am only trying to explain my differences. where before i was of a certain consistency from start to finish, now i find it varies slightly, bends a little more, and changes from start to end. i do not see this as a good think.
3. i'm not sure if this is related to the drugs, but i have noticed that, perhaps because it gets erect faster (and may need an adjustment), that it also happens more often. not just for sex, but driving into a parking lot, seeing a very nice woman loading groceries into a car with a short skirt, and 'boing' - for lack of a more descriptive way to say it. i don't know if this is a good thing or bad thing.
4. given the above, this 4th thing is definitely not welcome, and i have no idea if it could be because of the drugs, or my age, or what. with the usual sex acts, and activities, i have noticed a reduction in the amount of semen. again this is not something i measured before to be able to compare to now, but it feels less. sometimes very little, and a couple times a very embarrassing nothing - yet internally my feelings tell me i have achieved climax! and am as 'complete' and 'relaxed' as sex previous to my operations and drug taking.
can others relate to what i have said, or what i am going through?
i welcome questions - since this is my 1st comment/question i wanted to get my point across as quickly as i could, if you want to know the operations i mentioned, or other drugs i'm taking, just ask.
Inactive
25 April 2017
Regarding other comment Re reduced semen quantity (his comment#4). Me, too. Exactly. But my doc said same semen still getting made... just that some portion (or all) of it may be re-routef in our internal plumbing. They even have a name for this... Something about "semen regurgitation". Just explain to your partner and no big deal.
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