Erection Problems: Should I Try Injection Treatments?

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Patient decision aids are tools that help patients, care-givers and families become involved in decision making around difficult health care issues. They are designed to complement, rather than replace, the advice given by a health care practitioner.

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Website: OHRI
Resource type: Patient decision aid

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This patient decision aid helps men with erectile dysfunction who cannot take pills decide on whether or not to try injection treatments by comparing the benefits, risks and side effects of both options. It also includes alternative options such as counseling, sex therapy, or seeking other ways to express intimacy.

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Erection problems, Cialis, Levitra, Viagra, injection treatment, counseling, sex therapy, alternative ways of expressing intimacy

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Rated on: 10/18/2017 12:05:50 PM

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