Nowadays doctors all over the world consider that erectile dysfunction treatment may vary from the least to most intense. Some men must just to quick bad habits like smoking, drinking, having extra weight and start a healthy life, in order to their erection problems to be solved. Also it may help if men reduce taking any drugs with have harmful side effects as some of the medicines can provoke erectile dysfunction.

Psychotherapy and behavior modifications are considered to be the next stage of possible curing, followed by oral or locally injected drugs, vacuum devices, and surgically implanted devices. Obviously in some rare cases when other ways of treatment are useless, surgery involving veins or arteries may be permitted.

Thus we can make a conclusion that the main ways to treat erectile dysfunction are:

• Oral treatment –widely spread PDE5 inhibitors suñh as sildenafil (Viagra), vardenafil (Levitra) and tadalafil (Cialis) are prescription drugs which are taken orally

• Alprostadil-this can be injected into the penis or inserted using a special applicator - usually just before sexual intercourse

• Vacuum pumps -these work by drawing blood into the penis and are also used just before sexual intercourse

• Hormone treatment - it is rare, but some men receive hormones for their erection problem

• Surgery -often, as a last resort if other treatments have failed, the most common procedure is prosthetic implants which involves the insertion of artificial rods into the penis

• Counseling- is often a consideration, both where a psychological cause is suspected or must be ruled out, or to assist in management of any distress