How is delayed ejaculation treated?
How is delayed ejaculation treated?
Your healthcare provider may offer you a number of different kinds of treatments. There really isn’t one clear way to treat the condition, though, except if it’s caused by certain drugs or alcohol use. You can stop using the drugs and cut down on the drinking.
If delayed ejaculation is a side effect of prescription drugs, you can work with your healthcare provider to switch to another medicine that may not have the same effect on you.
Your healthcare provider might refer you to other medical professionals like a sex therapist and/or a more traditional type of counselor. If delayed ejaculation happens primarily with your partner, your healthcare provider might suggest counseling for both you and your partner.
If you see a sex therapist, they might suggest using erotic materials or devices to help you ejaculate both by yourself and with a partner.
Medications
There isn’t an approved drug treatment for delayed ejaculation, and that includes supplements. However, some healthcare providers prescribe medicines on an “off-label” basis with a small degree of success. Some of these medicines are:
- Testosterone, a hormone.
- Cyproheptadine (Periactin®), an antihistamine.
- Buspirone (BuSpar®), a treatment for anxiety.
- Amantadine (Symmetrel®), a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.
- Oxytocin (Pitocin®), a hormone used in childbirth to strengthen uterine muscle to contract and produced by the body during orgasm.
- Cabergoline, a drug that promotes dopamine levels.
Keep in mind, though, that these drugs aren’t designed to treat delayed ejaculation specifically. They may or may not help.
If delayed ejaculation is interfering with having a child, your healthcare provider might suggest ways to retrieve sperm that can be used for insemination.
Complications/side effects of treating delayed ejaculation
Any medicine you take can cause side effects. Prescription drugs come with a list of side effects to watch out for.