I have been taking glucosamine and chondroitin for several years ,I recently changed to triple strength dose and have started having a problem ejaculating during sex ,could this be caused y a larger dose .
Optional Information: Person's Age: 76 Already Tried: I have always had a good sex life with my wife and we have been married for 55 years ,this change has taken place about the same time as the increased dose.
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gluc/chond are used to lubricate degenerated joints.
They are packaged in tablets that have excipients, which are fillers that stabilize the molecules.
I cannot say which fillers are in YOUR pills of course.
To my knowledge, glucosamine has not been evaluated by the FDA for safety, effectiveness, or purity; potential risks and/or benefits of glucosamine are still to be defined.
But here's the thing, and this is a common type question: I started medication X and symptom Y started. Can they be related?
Yes, they can ALWAYS be because you're an individual and how a supplement affets you is idiosyncratic to you.
So, this is what you need to do.
1. revert to the original dose of gluc/chond.
2. Do this for a week.
3. see if your ejaculate returns to normal.
4. If it DOES, go BACK to the triple dose
5. If the ejaculation problem returns.
If so, you have your answer.
While this may seem simplistic, this is the only way to know if in YOU it is causing the problem.
Remember, side effect profiles are compiled for populations; they do not always apply to an individual.
A great example is when you read a statistic that the average male lives to age 74. If you die at age 63, then YOUR average age at death was 63. Statistics apply to the population at large, and do NOT apply to specific individuals.
so, that's a long answer to a very brief question.
Do the five steps I laid out and you'll have your answer.
Yes, this COULD be due to a larger dose, and this is the ONLY way you'll find out.
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