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The scars and hardening of these small arteries will not allow proper expansion in times of need for a higher blood flow responsible for an erection.

People with hypertension also commonly have low testosterone (male hormone that aids erections) and high blood cholesterol which may block the body arteries including those that supply the penis. So hypertension alone or its associations can cause erection problems.

Amlodac contains Amlodipine, a drug used to treat hypertension. Though this does not commonly cause erection problems as compared to other anti-hypertensives, over lowering of blood pressure may lead to erection problems because an erection requires a blood rush into the penis which at low blood pressures may not always be possible.

Many people may stop taking drugs because of side effects, especially when their hypertension does not cause symptoms.

ARB (Angiotensin Receptor Blockers) drugs like Losartan do not usually lead to erection problems and yet also improve sexual function in many hypertensive patients.

Please see your doctor who may change the doses of your drugs or the drugs altogether apart from checking out your blood levels of testosterone and cholesterol with a view of their correction.

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