Progress

The industry supporting ED treatment can be often maligned as greedy pharmaceutical giants preying on guys’ biggest fears and desires. For some of the companies, that’s seems pretty accurate. But there are also some pretty good people in other corporations who really are trying to help mankind. There is somebody working constantly to find a new or improved treatment.

VIVUS is not a house-hold word in pharmaceuticals, but they are on the brink of final approval of Avanafil, a next generation ED drug with fewer side effects and rapid onset and half-life. Jumping through hoops for the FDA is a long, laborious and perilous journey. Getting a new drug to market involves years and years of research and paperwork. They have striven to get the product to market as cleanly and quickly as possible. This drug could work for men who are not currently able to take the most common ED drugs.

I was talking to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) a while back about the launching of their new product STAXYN. Staxyn is an improved delivery system of their tried and true drug, Levitra. Staxyn dissolves in your mouth, thereby helping some men avoid the indigestion issues or absorbtion issues of a full stomach. Both of these companies are under constant scrutiny by both government agencies and consumer watchdogs. You may recall that GSK no longer advertises its ED drugs on TV. Their president decided that prime time was just not the place for talks about priapisms and erectile difficulties.

We applaud both of these companies for the ethical, business, and marketing high roads they have taken. Their efforts are truly on behalf of the men who need these products.

Another fascinating development in ED treatment is the Viberect by Reflexonic. Dr. Kambiz Tajkarimi is a urologist/inventor who has created a completely new ED treatment based on nerve stimulation of both top and bottom surfaces of the penis. The Viberect uses vibrations to stimulate nerves and excite them enough to produce a firm erection over the course of 7-10 minutes. It has just passed FDA approval. Read about the Viberect here: http://www.reflexonic.com/viberect.html Apparently this is one of few treatments where using the treatment is as much fun as using the intended results!

So, rest assured when things aren’t working quite so well at the moment, somewhere someone is inventing something new to help all the men with ED. They are good guys.