COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING POMEGRANATE POLYPHENOLS IN COMBINATION WITH ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION-TREATING COMPOUNDS, AND METHODS OF TREATING ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION THEREWITH
The invention relates to compositions comprising a mixture of a pomegranate extract and an erectile dysfunction-treating compound. These compositions can be used to treat erectile dysfunction in men and sexual dysfunction in women. The pomegranate extract and the erectile dysfunction-treating compounds surprisingly and unexpectedly act in a synergistic manner, allowing the compositions to contain a lower amount of the pomegranate extract, the erectile dysfunction-treating compound, or both. The synergism of the two components of the composition results in a lower incident of side effects, as well as being less expensive. The invention also relates to products comprising a series of dosages of the compositions of the invention, wherein either the pomegranate extract or erectile dysfunction-treating compound can be raised or lowered, until a maintenance dosage level of the pomegranate extract and the erectile dysfunction-treating compound is reached.