The study, which featured men who averaged 51 years of age and complained of problems with sustaining an erection, was taken between January 2002 and August 2009. Of the total number presenting with erectile dysfunction, some 7 percent were enrolled in statin treatments for high cholesterol. The study doesn’t go so far as to state that the statins were the cause of their problems. But certainly it found a link, which suggests that there’s more to investigate. The possibility is that inhibiting the creation of cholesterol also somehow affects the development of testosterone.

Spokespeople for the commercial producers of statins deny the link and call for more studies to definitively prove any causation. However, at least one concedes that the warning label on the drug cites the possibility of the drugs interfering with hormone production, leaving open the door that, indeed, statins may cause some sexual problems.

Is It The Drug or Something Else?

There’s always the possibility that the conditions that cause high cholesterol may also interfere with the body’s sexual function. Certainly, a higher weight, diet, lifestyle and such underlying conditions as diabetes and heart problems play a combination effect in depressing sexual drive and function.

Although it’s often an uncomfortable topic, the only way to be certain about testosterone and sexual problems is to have a talk with your doctors and perhaps undergo some tests.