Fredericton Erectile Dysfunction Clinic Treatments Now Covered For Veterans
FREDERICTON– A private clinic in Fredericton that specializes in treatment for erectile dysfunction will be able to help more men thanks to new coverage for veterans.
Triumph – A Men’s Health Treatment Option recently announced that their treatments are now fully covered for Veterans Affairs patients and no referral is needed.
“They don’t need to see their regular nurse practitioner or family doctor,” says Lisa Chapman, one of the nurse practitioners that runs the clinic. “They can just pick up the phone and come.”
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Triumph specializes in a new kind of erectile dysfunction treatment called low-wave shock wave therapy. The treatment uses a Health Canada-approved and literature reviewed machine called ED-1000. The “ED” stands for exactly what you think it does.
“Low-wave shock wave therapy is used in many other medical applications, things like breaking up kidney stones and cardiac surgery and orthopaedic surgery and physiotherapy,” says Chapman. “It’s used in all kinds of applications and this another … shock-wave therapy approved by the relevant medical bodies.”
Chapman says the new treatment coverage for veterans means it will be accessible to more men.
“We know that 50 percent of men over the age 40 are reporting erectile dysfunction . . . so that now fills a treatment gap that up until now really has not been available east of Montreal and at least for veterans affairs patients, had not been reachable financially.”
The clinic opened last November. Located on Queen Street in downtown Fredericton, it has a discreet back entrance with a buzzer to get in. Triumph operates only outside traditional business hours to maximize privacy for patients. Chapman says the past year has shown there’s a need for this type of service.
“The clinic has been busy. We certainly have room for more patients and we do have expansion capability. But we’ve been hoping [Veterans Affairs coverage] has been coming down the line anyway, and we’ve been preparing for that,” says Chapman. “We’ve had a very successful first year. We’ve had quite a few patients through therapy.”