Sex after heart attack: Enjoy without anxiety but don't call it exercise - La Crosse Tribune

For heart attack survivors, there’s good news and bad news: Sexual activity, including masturbation, does not seem to touch off heart attacks in patients with established cardiovascular disease, and need not be avoided by those who have already suffered a heart attack.

The bad news, for men, at least: Many of the medications that protect those who’ve had a heart attack from suffering another — including beta blockers and diuretics — might increase the odds of erectile dysfunction.

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