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Recently I exchanged E Mail messages with a guy who is a weight lifter and also has ED due to a colon operation. He said he uses arginine to help him lift weights. And he said he uses NOS Pump by Body Fortress which is sold in Wal-Mart. I checked at Wal-Mart today and found it. A box costs about $10. You can take two or three capsules for two or three grams of arginine.

The weight lifter said he quit taking the ED prescription drug Cialis because the arginine was working without the side effects of Cialis.
He uses NOS Pump at a dose of apparently three grams a day.

But if you are taking any prescription drugs ask your doctor about possible interactions of the drug with arginine. Here is something I found on the Internet about some prescription drug interactions with arginine.

The claim is made here that arginine, when combined with high blood pressure prescription drugs, can reduce your blood pressure too much. This seems to imply that arginine can reduce blood pressure. Thats interestring, if true.

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they say "Even though it is a dietary supplement (not a "drug"),
L-arginine can potentially interact with a few medicines. Some of the
medicines that may lead to L-arginine drug interactions include:

* Blood pressure medications
* Certain erectile dysfunction medications, including:

o Sildenafil (Viagra®)
o Tadalafil (Cialis®)
o Vardenafil (Levitra®)

* Nitrates, such as:

o Isosorbide dinitrate (Dilatrate® SR, Isochron™, Isordil®)
o Isosorbide mononitrate (Imdur®, Ismo®, Monoket®)
o Nitroglycerin tablets or capsules (Nitroquick®,
Nitrostat®, Nitro-Time®)
o Nitroglycerin ointment (Nitro-Bid®)
o Nitroglycerin patches (Minitran®, Nitrodisc®, Nitro-Dur®,
Transderm-Nitro®, Transderm-NTG®)
o Nitroglycerin spray (Nitrolingual®).

Blood Pressure Medications
Combining L-arginine with a high blood pressure medication may lower
your blood pressure too much, possibly causing dizziness,
lightheadedness, or other problems. If you take blood pressure
medicine, check with your healthcare provider before taking
L-arginine, as your blood pressure may need to be monitored more
closely.

Erectile Dysfunction Medications
Theoretically, combining L-arginine with some erectile dysfunction
(impotence) medications could cause dangerously low blood pressure. Do
not combine L-arginine with these medications without your healthcare
provider's approval and supervision.

Nitrates
Theoretically, combining L-arginine with nitrate medications could
cause dangerously low blood pressure. Do not combine L-arginine with
these medications without your healthcare provider's approval and
supervision."

There is some info on the side effects of arginine in capsule form on
- and on possible interactions with some prescription drugs:
http://www.enotalone.com/article/9...

"Tablets/capsules: There are no standard or well-established doses of
arginine, and many different doses have been used and studied. A dose
that has been studied for treating coronary artery disease is two to
three grams taken by mouth three times daily for three to six months.
A studied dose for heart failure is 5.6 to 12.6 grams taken by mouth
every day, divided into two or three equal doses, taken for six weeks.
For erectile dysfunction, 1.6 grams taken by mouth three times daily
for six weeks has been studied. For low sperm count, four grams daily
for three months has been used."

On http://www.synergy4life.com/proarg...
they say " L-arginine is NOT for use by pregnant or lactating women,
males with prostate disorders or high PSA values.

L-arginine should not be used by diabetics or borderline diabetics
unless under close medical supervision because growth hormones can
sometimes block the effects of insulin. L-arginine may be beneficial
to some persons with Type II diabetes or sub-diabetic insulin
resistance: Physicians and clinicians may request the
"L-Arginine/Diabetes Report".

Persons under the age of 23 and/or persons who have not completed
their long-bone growth phase should NOT take L-arginine."

Arginine has also been used by women.

"Higher blood flow makes clitoral and vaginal tissues more sensitive
and responsive to sexual stimulation and helps increase the
possibility of reaching orgasm. Although there haven't been nearly as
many studies done on arginine supplementation in women as in men, one
study found that postmenopausal women who took a supplement including
L-Arginine experienced heightened sexual response.3

Another study involving 77 women of all ages found that after four
weeks, 73.5% of the women who took a supplement including L-Arginine
experienced greater sexual satisfaction, including heightened desire
and clitoral sensation, frequency of intercourse and orgasm, and less
vaginal dryness.4"

# 3 Meston CM, Worcel M. The effects of yohimbine plus L-arginine
glutamate on sexual arousal in postmenopausal women with sexual
arousal disorder. Arch Sex Behav. 2002 Aug; 31(4): 323-32.
Abstract

# 4 Ito TY, Trant AS, Polan ML. A double-blind placebo-controlled study
of ArginMax, a nutritional supplement for enhancement of female sexual
function. J Sex Marital Ther. 2001 Oct-Dec; 27(5): 541-9.
Abstract
Posted on 05/11/09, 04:05 pm