Are injections worth it?

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Maybebroken28
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Are injections worth it?

Postby Maybebroken28 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:07 am

Is it worth it todo injections if they work for 5-10 years to delay getting implant surgery?

I have heard some of the cons of injections such as scar tissue build up and also the risk of priapism. Would scar tissue build up make the surgery more difficult when the time comes?

I’m 29 years old so I could see how there would be benefits to delaying the surgery since that would be mean less revisions in my lifetime.
29 Y.O. ED started recently but it seems physical. Can’t get it up for sex, weak morning wood, can barely get it up to masturbate. If things don’t get better in 6 months I will seriously start considering implant. Already doing research on the surgery.

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Re: Are injections worth it?

Postby Richliveshisway » Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:44 am

Hi. MWM, 69. In my opinion yes, injections are very, very much worth it for you. My god, you are a young man. Give injections a true chance. I have been doing trimix since 2008, and the med finally does not work for me. yes, some scar tissue after 800+ injections. My implant doc is not overly concerned with the scaar tiisue I have, and will do the surgery in the fall I think. BUT YOU, do not go that severe route of surgery until you run the course of injectibles. That'sd my advice for what its worth.

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Re: Are injections worth it?

Postby bldoink » Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:50 am

Yeah, worth it to me.
R.R.P 2011 Mayo Jacksonville, Dr. M. Wehle. Nerve sparing - damaged. C in margin. Radiation 2023, V.E.D, Viagra and PGE-1 (80mcg/ml) injections @ ~ 14 units. Originally Edex20, then compounded PGE-1 - cost. Inject. 12 yrs. It works. Treasure coast of FL.

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Re: Are injections worth it?

Postby stmfttr » Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:53 am

IMHO, yes. they're worth a try. Now, as for 5-10 years, not so much. In the meantime, use a VED to help with good blood flow.

AND...get a good urologist, and work with him/her
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77 yo. Married 54years - Coloplast Titan, 22cm and no RTE's - Installed June 2019 Nebraska Medicine Dr. Deibert (urologist/surgeon)
ED started in 1994 Tried VED, Viagra and Cialis, and injections.

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Re: Are injections worth it?

Postby ape1100 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:03 pm

very very worth it in my opinion as well. I’m up to over 250 plus injections and for the last 6 months we have went from once a week to 3-4 times a week and have been having the best sex of our lives. the only downside, for me, is possible anorgasmia. it does suck but my wife having many many multiple orgasms is a great consolation.
50+ yrs old. married 25+ years. hypothyroid, on TRT. 10+ years ED, viagra, cialis now 50% ineffective. now on trimix 2MG phentolamine/30MG papaverine/20MCG alprostadil

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Re: Are injections worth it?

Postby bldoink » Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:55 pm

I guess I'll elaborate a bit. I'm well into year 12 on injections. They still work great. I'll guesstimate. Lets see, 12 years of at least 2 times a week and a lot at 3 times a week. And some exceptions on the low side. So, 52 X 2 = 104 X 12 = 1248 plus I'll guess on the low side 3 times a week (I think 50% at 3 X a week but...), about a third of the time so 52 X 12 = 624 X 0.3 = 187 + the 1248 = 1435 X 0.75 for being over optomistic = conservatively at least 1,076 injections. And they still work great! Did mention I suck at math?
R.R.P 2011 Mayo Jacksonville, Dr. M. Wehle. Nerve sparing - damaged. C in margin. Radiation 2023, V.E.D, Viagra and PGE-1 (80mcg/ml) injections @ ~ 14 units. Originally Edex20, then compounded PGE-1 - cost. Inject. 12 yrs. It works. Treasure coast of FL.

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Re: Are injections worth it?

Postby Maybebroken28 » Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:03 pm

Thanks for the reply’s everyone! If they work that would be awesome. I’m honestly not sure what going on with myself right now. I have a follow up with a urologist soon. If pills fail then I think I would definitely be willing to try trimix. It would be nice to not have to resort to surgery at such a young age.
29 Y.O. ED started recently but it seems physical. Can’t get it up for sex, weak morning wood, can barely get it up to masturbate. If things don’t get better in 6 months I will seriously start considering implant. Already doing research on the surgery.

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Re: Are injections worth it?

Postby sogwap » Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:44 pm

Maybebroken28 wrote:Thanks for the reply’s everyone! If they work that would be awesome. I’m honestly not sure what going on with myself right now. I have a follow up with a urologist soon. If pills fail then I think I would definitely be willing to try trimix. It would be nice to not have to resort to surgery at such a young age.

For some guys, its not about the pills (Viagra/Cialis) failing. But it could be the horrible side effects of Cialis/Viagra.

For example, I have Tinnitus from 12 years of using Viagra. I also have a pretty bad case of premature ejaculation, I would ejaculate in 1-2 minutes, leaving my wife unsatisfied. (Note: Premature Ejaculation is a problem that is not the result of ED pills) Also depending on who you ask (myself or my wife) the pills failed to produce a satisfactory erection 20-49 % of the time. I rate the failure at 15%, my wife rated the failure at about 50%. Although most of that is from my Premature Ejaculation.

With Trimix, I have a better than 95% success rate, Erection happens within about 10 minutes, as opposed to at least 30 minutes with pills.
Plus I am hard for an hour plus. If I ejaculate I can continue the sex for as long as my wife wants it.

The biggest downside is the extended erections. Although I never had priapism. The other downside is the need to do the actual injection which takes about 5 minutes.
I did develop Peyronies, But as far as I know, it was not from the injections.

PS. I believe injections are worth it.
Age: 68. Struggled with ED/PE for years.
Used Viagra for 10+ years with mixed success.
In May 2022 started using Trimix with very good results.
Feb 2023 developed PD

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Re: Are injections worth it?

Postby dtwarren1942 » Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:38 pm

When 200 mgs of Viagra became ineffective, Trimix gave me three more years of hard erections but, alas, they too became ineffective and I now rely on a medical grade VED. However, the three years of effective injections (2 - 3 times/week) was well worth it and I highly recommend Trimix.
Age 81
Diabetic
Pumping
Started Trimix injections 8/'11

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Re: Are injections worth it?

Postby Dirtroad Johnson » Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:49 pm

dtwarren1942 wrote:When 200 mgs of Viagra became ineffective, Trimix gave me three more years of hard erections but, alas, they too became ineffective and I now rely on a medical grade VED. However, the three years of effective injections (2 - 3 times/week) was well worth it and I highly recommend Trimix.


What medical grade VED did you get? I'm interested in one.
Thanks, DRJ


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