How to Last Longer in Bed

Last December it was revealed that experiments are being undertaken to help those with uncontrollable premature ejaculation.

A study has found that freezing penile tissue causes a block for the nerves, enabling them to triple the length of duration, before ejaculation occurs. They tried the procedure on 24 men who hadn’t been helped by other treatments and medications, such as Viagra and Cialis, which are widely used for erectile dysfunction. Before the treatment the average time was 38 seconds prior to ejaculation, extended with the nerve block to 110 seconds. This would be the same result that you would expect with normal drug treatment.

With up to 38% of men being affected by premature ejaculation, it makes it the most frequent erectile dysfunction problem worldwide. Many treatments are available at present in tablet form, ointments and counselling.

The new procedure is an invasive treatment, by inserting a hollow needle just under the navel and being assisted by a computerised imaging device. They find one of the two dorsal penile nerves and freeze it, this is reported to not be of any discomfort, just a cold feeling. It takes about 45 minutes to perform and the patient is released from the clinic the same day, with an estimated cost when approved, of £2000.

As yet the recipients of the treatment, have not suffered any side effects. Although some did, 3 months post treatment, seemed to be experiencing ejaculating time shortening again. Bringing into question if it would have to be regularly administered, some test subjects are being monitored for more than 6 months.

It was asked at the conference as to how often you could repeat the treatment before damage occurred. Dr Prologo didn’t think there would be a long term problems as only one of the nerves will be destroyed. This is why another procedure is also under research using heat, which would not damage the nerve.

The results and new technique were revealed by J David Prologo MD, a professor of interventional radiology at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland and presented to the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Exponents’ of this procedure say that it could become a common treatment of dealing with this problem. As this work is in the early stages, other experts are sceptical of the future effects of the therapy and if men would take up the treatment.

At this time researchers are in the planning stages as to continued studies using a greater number of men for both procedures and also use of a placebo test.