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. 2013 Dec 5;26(3):87–93. doi: 10.1038/ijir.2013.41

Table 3. Reasons for discontinuation of PDE5i - multiple choice responses.

  Number %
Unwillingness to depend on the medicine for sexual intercourse 36 31.0
Spontaneous recovery of erectile function without PDE5i 35 30.2
High cost of the medicine 31 26.7
Concerns about side effects of the medicine 19 16.4
Patients' lack of emotional readiness for restoration of sexual activity after long-term abstinence 15 12.9
Psychological burden of scheduled sexual intercourse 11 9.5
Unwillingness to have sexual intercourse 9 7.8
Discontinuation of the erectile dysfunction medicine because it was more important to treat other disease 7 6.0
Partner unpreparedness due to long absence of sexual intercourse 6 5.2
Others 12 5.2
Total 116 100.0