Sildenafil and its role in sexual life
Kul'chavenya E.V.¹,², Breusov A.A.<sup>3

1</sup> Novosibirsk Research Institute of Tuberculosis
² Novosibirsk State Medical University
³ Medical Center «BIOVER», Novosibirsk

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common in the population and significantly affects the life of a man and his sexual partner.
Aim. To analyze the assessment of sex life by the partners of men with ED before and after the treatment with phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors.
Patients and methods. Monocentric cohort study included 128 men aged 32–54 years with mild and moderate ED. All patients received sildenafil 50 mg taken as needed for 3 months. Patients’ wives were interviewed on the quality of the treatment of their husbands. Study endpoint was the analysis of this assessment.
Results. 83 patients (64.84%) reported on the positive effect of sildenafil. 43 wives agreed to answer the questions. At baseline, 38 wives (88.37%) rated their sex life with the partner as «bad», however, 5 women did not consider husband’s ED as an issue due to their own low «sexual appetite». After 3-month treatment with sildenafil, 19 women (44.18%) rated the sex life as «good» and 22 women (51.16%) as «excellent». 2 women (4.65%) reported on no changes thus demonstrating that strong erection does not guarantee better sex life.
Conclusions. Sildenafil plays two important roles in woman’s life. First (direct role), it improves reproductive status. Second (indirect role), it improves sexual life through the stronger erection of a sexual partner. 95.35% of women were satisfied with sildenafil treatment of the partner.

Key words: sildenafil, erectile dysfunction, female sexual dysfunction, prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, treatment of erectile dysfunction.

For citation: Kul'chavenya E.V., Breusov A.A. Sildenafil and its role in sexual life // RMJ. 2016. № 23. P. 1542–1545.