Useful contacts
The Sexual Dysfunction Association is a UK not-for-profit organization. It has a telephone helpline for men suffering from erection problems and an informative website. Write to: The Sexual Dysfunction Association, Suite 301 Emblem House4, London Bridge Hospital, 27 Tooley Street, London SE1 2PR (send an sae).
Helpline: 0870 774 3571(Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10am – 4pm)
www.sda.uk.net

The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse is a US Government organization and has a good website on erection problems. Write to: 3 Information Way, Bethesda, MD 20892-3580, USA. Tel: 001 800 891 5390.
www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/impotence/index.htm

Men's Health Forum is a UK not-for-profit organization working to improve male health. Its lively website has information about many male problems, including erection difficulties.
www.malehealth.co.uk

The US Food and Drug Administration has a web page providing basic unbiased information about Viagra.
www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infosheets/patient/sildenafilPIS.htm

Diabetes UK(previously known as the British Diabetic Association) has information about erection problems on its website, www.diabetes.org.uk/en/Guide-to-diabetes/Living_with_diabetes/Sex-and-diabetes/Erectile-dysfunction/

It also publishes a booklet Sex and Diabetes – a Guide to Erection Problems. To obtain a copy use the order form on their webpage (www.diabetes.org.uk/OnlineShop/Diabetic), or write to Macleod House, 10 Park Way, London NW1 7AA, UK. Their helpline number is 0845 120 2960

American Diabetes Association. has a page about erection difficulties. Write to: American Diabetes Association, Attn: National Call Center, 1701 North Beauregard St, Alexandria, VA 22311, USA.
www.diabetes.org/food-nutrition-lifestyle/lifestyle-prevention/mens-health/sexual-health/erectile-dysfunction.jsp

The European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM) campaigns for the elimination of fake and substandard medications. The website has information about buying medications online. http://www.eaasm.eu/

Fast Facts: Erectile Dysfunction
Fast Facts: Erectile Dysfunction by Culley Carson and Chris McMahon (published by Health Press Oxford, 2008, ISBN 978-1-903734-67-4) is a short book, full of information and with clear illustrations. It is intended for health professionals. Click here for more information.

• What is impotence
• How the system works and what causes it to fail
• Questions to ask yourself
• How to approach your doctor and what your doctor can do
• Treatment – getting treatment and types of treatment