Ran across this study in a newsletter I get - they studied medical records of 1.5 million men over 40 and compared STD rates between ED drug users and non-users, and found the frequency among ED drug users was about twice that among non-users. Duh!

The newsletter concluded that sex risk counseling was required for all patients of all ages, which is good advice, but does not follow from the study. In fact, not much really follows from the study, but I will let y'all play with that. To their credit, the researchers more or less say you cannot really conclude much from the study, since the ED drug users had an even higher incidence of STDs the year before they started using ED drugs. I guess that thinking about using ED drugs is the most dangerous thing.

Of interest? Probably, since so many of us are over 40, use ED drugs, and are deeply narcissistic.

Zig

What the study probably means is most ED drug users are sexually active before and after starting ED drugs, no big surprise there. Also since probably most ED drug users are probably older men that came from a generation with the pill and little Condom usage, followed by married years no need for condom and therefore are in a higher risk group with reluctance to use the condom now. The generation I grew up with the condom was primarily used to prevent pregnancy and it is relatively new to be use it to prevent STD's more then to prevent pregnancy.

There are too many fucking studies including why dog's want to smell and choose place before peeing. If you don't know the population sample, and how the study was conducted, where it was done, etc. you can or cannot conclude anything or everything based on the motivation of the study. Let us say, if you do study on big cities vs. small cities you are bound to get different results you will also get a diffrent result if you do a study in Rome vs. Italy, per se.

Besides, individual action is what matters the most than any study.