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At the annual meeting of the American Urological Association in San Francisco last week, a company called Shionogi Pharma briefed urologists and sexual medicine experts on test results for a drug called PSD502. “PSD502” may sound like some super-secret breakthrough, but men have been buying similar things from sex shops and the back of skin magazines for decades.
Does “Prolong” sound familiar? How about “Play Longer?” “Mandelay?” (Get it? Man Delay?) “Gibraltar?” As in rock of? Or my personal favorite, “Stud 100”? They’re all some form of cream, spray or wipe designed to numb your penis, which may not sound like something you would pay good money to do, but then maybe you -- or your lover -- do not suffer from premature ejaculation, or P.E.
Up to an estimated 30 percent of men do and P.E. is a real problem. It’s been defined as “ejaculation which is always or nearly always occurs prior to or within one minute of vaginal penetration,” which, as you can imagine, has “negative personal consequences.”
Men have tried everything from rubber bands, to masturbation endurance training (yes, really), to taking anti-depressants (because those drugs have a usually unwanted side effect of delayed ejaculation) to prolong their “latency.” Yet for years sexual medicine for males has been focused on another problem, erectile dysfunction. “It’s been all E.D. all the time,” Dr. Irwin Goldstein, a urologist, founder of San Diego Sexual Medicine and the editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, who attended the company’s briefing, told me. “So I’m pretty excited by the whole concept,” of PSD502.
He’s not excited because the concept is new; the drug is just a combination of two common topical painkillers, lidocaine and prilocaine. He’s excited because, finally, such a drug is being rigorously tested in real P.E. sufferers using metered doses rather than Stud 100 users trading anecdotes. And it seems to work. The men in the drug trials were pretty bad off. Before using the spray they lasted about 30 seconds. After spraying the stuff on their glans, and waiting five minutes, the men extended that time to a mean of 3.3 minutes, which may not win any stamina awards but represents a big improvement.
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I would never take anti-depressant... period. Certain strains of cannabis are the best medications for that kind of thing, but synthetic neurotransmitter-modulators are not worth taking: even for prolonging an orgasm. Amphetamines are immensely dangerous, no joke, but they actually do that 'prolonging' trick while simultaneously increasing libido, potentially increasing it like, what, ten-fold, but the risk once again isn't worth it: amphetamines literally break down the brain and causes psychosis (I wouldn't wish that 'on my worst enemy'... it is torture, literally).
Those particular pot strains are the key for this medical 'condition' and that is a fact, but you have to consider your local laws, and if you're a nervous sort of conservative guy then using pot may send you into a panic attack and an 'existential breakdown' (that's where pot gets its bad-rep... conservatives get freaked out and ignorant people in the medical community say, "oh no... it's psychosis... it's reefer madness!") but if you're a person of sound-mind then indicas really do make orgasms stronger... oh, wait, we want to delay orgasm here... hold on, what? Why? Can't we just have the early one then try again? Isn't that the best solution? Come on!
Discussions like this should remain in the back of skin magazines, so those of us who are concerned with more important issues don't have to bother skipping past them in general audience media. Editors at MSNBC who decided this item (you know who you are) was worthy of publication should be ashamed (but I'm pretty sure you're not).
Are you concerned with more important issues or or just one of those puritans than hate anything that brings about pleasure? This would be a better world with happier people, and sex definitely contributes to that. Sex is an important issue, maybe not in your house. You are a sad character but unfortunately very common. Wake up, play with your self a little and smile!
Little Pack: Do you really skip past those beautiful almost naked women in advertising? Why? What happened to you that makes you feel so ashamed of the human body and its natural functions? You were caught chocking chickens when you were a kid? Too much religion fried you brain? Enjoy life dude, if you read general audience media (and the general audience do have sex on a regular basis), you might notice what happens with all those priests that put up a no skin, no self gratification attitude. They take it in the wrong direction and hurt innocent people!
My mother warned me: "You'll go blind doing that". I choked so many that I am now blind & can't see the near-naked chicks in the ads!
Wow, Stud. You sure make a lot of assumptions. You've got no idea about my upbringing, my faith, my sex life, whether I'm happy or sad and what makes me happy or sad. The fact that you've made insulting and rude comments based on my original comment says a lot about you, though.
The point is I don't care about your pleasure, your inadequacies, your problems or your repressed urges (please, keep them repressed). Your problems are between you, yourself and your partner if there is one.
Stay shallow, my friend.
Chill out, you don't have to get on your high horses, this is the body/health section of MSNBC, not an article from some fancy journal published by Oxford Uni Press
Oh get over yourself, Real Packer Fan. You come across as a puritanical kill-joy. Put your judgement gun back in your pocket, or, better yet, just throw the damn thing away!
You make rude and insulting remarks to people who legitimately point out your judgemental attitude, as you hypocritically point out their rudeness.
Methinks you enjoy being holier-than-thou.
On a more relevant note, I believe deep, healthy breathing is the best aphrodisiac, and anyone who relies on a pill to make their sex life better, is cruising for a sexual bruising!
did you say they should "ashamed" of themselves because msnbc ran a little story on sex?????...look how obama "the idiot" is running this country and he isn't "ashamed" because he is f**king the american people big time....
packer fan - "importance" is a relative term. Obviously, it's not an issue you deal with, but others might.
Sounds great -- if she wants you to last longer than 30 seconds. Where is the "female viagra"?!?
You spray my pee-pee & I'll twist your nipples off.
DBCooper....Where do I sign up ....LOL !!!!
I could understand a man wanting to last longer, but wouldn't numbing it decrease the pleasure? Or does it wear off and then you um finish?
Most women want it to be over with so why would anyone want it to be delayed. Men's egos are so huge...trust me guys...women are FAKING most of the time because you have no clue.
HA! So true!
(JAusten_101 Most women want it to be over with)
Really!!?? what are you doing wrong??
LMAO this woman doesn't want it to be over with! unless of course, your game is wack JAusten_101
I'm not sure what the point of this post is. As the author noted: "but men have been buying similar things from sex shops and the back of skin magazines for decades." That's true -- so why is this new spray news? What makes this different than any product that has already been on the market for decades? Perhaps Mr. Alexander has a financial interest in this product? Moreover, Mr. Alexander does a disservice to purchasers of the current products. In fact, you can buy those products at any online pharmacy, i.e., in places much more respected and less tawdry than "sex shops and the back of skin magazines." Once again, it seems as if Mr. Alexander is denigrating the other products, in favor of this new one, without telling us why the new product is better. Bottom line however, is if this new product is no different than the old ones, then it isn't news and MSNBC shouldn't be passing it off as such.
TG-99, I'm one of Brian Alexander's editors at msnbc.com and can assure you that he doesn't have a financial interest in this product. Rather, we asked him to write about PSD502 because it is the first product of its kind to be tested in a scientific trial for treating premature ejaculation, which affects up to an estimated 30 percent of all men.
Thank you Brian and Linda (MSNBC.com) for the news. Hope this product becomes available like a real drug thru prescription or otherwise, and approved by doctors.
Actually, per (International Society for Sexual Medicine) it's more than 55% of men who have this issue (they counted all men who last less than 2 minutes) (30% are who last <1min)
as for the complainers, BUZZ off, you selfish puritans. You're either one of 2 groups:
1- the lonely masturbators, so you care less about this issue
2- you have a partner, but you don't give a damn about their feelings and needs (you know what: I'm almost sure they're already cheating on you, anyway)
3 - Angry Dykes
If this becomes an approved prescription medication - insurance companies may start paying for it. That's why this is newsworthy - taking $$ out of the hands of skin-mag advertisers and into the pockets of Big Pharm companies - thank heavens.
They lack of a female viagra product is the largest single issue in sexuality today. Given all the other things we can do why can't we find this answer. Given the market it can't be financial. Maybe woman really do want to avoid the entire topic.
I think its odd that everyone is talking about numbing the glans of the penis but no one is talking about the real underlying problems that can very easily cause premature ejaculation such as age, sexual experience, intact status, stress, level of closeness with one's partner, psychological and physical health.
Ah, fellas. Female viagra? Penis spray? Women "just want it over with"?
I have one word for all of you. Learn it. Love it. Live it.
FOREPLAY.
Give a little, get a lot back. It really works!
JAusten101 - If your faking it most of the time then that's your fault for not telling and/or showing your partner what pleases you and what doesn't....I'm just sayin' ;)
No one needs this crap. The best thing to combat P.E. is exercise. Cardio is great for it. I've found that the amount of exercise is do directly relates to how long I can last. If I get lazy and dont exercise for a few weeks, I can barely hold it. If I do, I am like superman.
Jesse M1,
I'm glad that you found that the amount of "exercise is do" directly relates to how long you last, but you're neglecting the fact that not everyone benefits from such things. There are so many varied reasons why this can happen to someone. People need to stop discounting this issue, and accept that it happens. Any research into eliminating this can only benefit millions of relationships worldwide. What is wrong with that? I can't think of a thing...
For the ten minute man to be, It works for me. If it doesn't work at least you wont stink.
The Receipt:
32 Oz. pure honey
16 Oz. pure maple syrup
8 Oz. tap water (optional)
2 Heaping table spoons of aluminum free baking soda (bicarbonate of soda)
Heat until it looks like it’s going to boil (about 180%)
(At high altitudes it may start to boil)
Stir well and turn off the heat. Properly prepared it will not separate.
As a deodorant: One table spoon by mouth twice a day. (same for male time delay) expect improvements after three days use.
Stops odor on all skin areas of the body and retards some others even if you stop bathing
for weeks. AS a test I went two weeks without a shower using no other Deodorant I had absolutely no noticeable body odor in any area. (I am a very active 78 year old man)
Google Maple syrup and soda, you will be surprised at the other things it’s said to be good for!
who smelled your butt?
i wonder if gays and lesbians would use this stuff and if it would have the same affect on strap on tools
good question
that's funny
ask Deni - I think she knows the subject well.
I find it fascinating that the most natural of occurrences between men and women also bring with it such a vast array of adolescent and post-pubescent programming evident in the comments made even here. Enough to, hopefully, draw an eyebrow skyward while pondering such notions as, "is it possible that all of the stigma that our culture throws around with such reckless abandon might possibly play a role in an individuals perspective of what "good performance" in the misinformed adult's expectations of him/herself might be?"
Enjoy the moment of truth for what it is,...and then...focus on the "second coming" and see if that doesn't require a li'l more tick-tock to arrive,....probably right about the time she does!!
... or shall they just overburden themselves with the need to perform a la "status quo" rather than just enjoying the intimacy of a cherished moment with their lover?
Wow! I've heard the voice of God.
(barf)