Just one aspirin a day can cure impotence in men, experts claim

FELLAS with impotence can be cured by humble aspirin.

Scientists found one pill a day boosted stiffies in chaps with erectile dysfunction caused by poor circulation.

Sufferers were given the painkiller in a study of 184 men aged 18 to 77.

Their average “stiffy score” soared from 14.1 on a 30-point scale to 21.3 after being treated.

Seven in ten were too limp to have ­successful intercourse at the start of the trial but at the end the ­figure had plummeted to two in ten.

Aspirin thins the blood enabling it to flow more easily to areas where it is needed.

Dr Zeki Bayraktar, who led the research in Istanbul, Turkey, said: “Aspirin may be a new treatment option in patients with vascular-related erectile dysfunction.”

Bristol urologist Prof Raj Persad agreed. He said the painkiller could prove an “impressive and cheap alternative to other impotence therapies”.

Around five million Brits suffer from erectile dysfunction.

Causes can be psychological or physical, from stress and depression to conditions which affect blood flow, including heart disease and diabetes.

Drugs like Viagra have revolutionised the treatment, but they can have side effects - headache, back pain and visual disturbance.

And they do not work for all men.

Researchers found that aspirin had dramatic effects.

The number of men able to have successful intercourse rocketed from 32 per cent to 78 per cent after taking the painkiller daily.

But in fellas taking the dummy drug there was little change, with only 44 per cent able to have satisfactory sex and no significant change in their stiffie score.

Professor Raj Persad, consultant urologist with Bristol Urology Associates, said:“Aspirin could provide a new avenue of treatment for this distressing condition which afflicts men."