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"Magic pill" to treat premature ejaculation
By Dylan Loh | Posted: 23 March 2011 1935 hrs
SINGAPORE: The problem of premature ejaculation during sex may soon be a thing of the past. A pill to treat the dysfunction has been approved for use in Singapore.
The drug, called Priligy, is approved for use for men between 18 and 64 years old.
Specialists can prescribe the drug at S$60 for a pack of three tablets.
Some call it "the magic pill". It helps men with premature ejaculation by targeting serotonin, a chemical produced by nerve cells.
Dr Lim Kok Bin, urology specialist at Raffles Hospital's Raffles UroRenal Centre, said: "Premature ejaculation refers to the fact that the person can't control ejaculation. If you're born with, unfortunately, a lower level of this serotonin, you tend to ejaculate faster. And so we have developed a medicine that helps to maintain the level of the serotonin in the nerve to prolong the latency before ejaculation."
Priligy may prolong latency by up to three times.
Clinical trials registered a 70 percent increase in satisfaction with sex for those who tried the drug.
But there are possible side effects for taking the pill, including headache or nausea.
Experts believe that one in three men in Singapore suffers from premature ejaculation.
They say the condition affects men across age groups and happens more commonly than erectile dysfunction or lack of interest in sex.
Premature ejaculation can be caused by stress and anxiety.
But it is not just the men who suffer.
Dr Calvin Fones, senior consultant psychiatrist at Gleneagles Medical Centre, said: "It is theoretically the partner who may somehow feel somewhat cheated because she may not have had the opportunity or the time to actually gain full sexual stimulation and orgasm through sex."
According to the Singapore Premature Ejaculation Prevalence and Attitudes study, 77 percent of men with the condition have never discussed their sexual health with a medical practitioner.
43 percent of men with the problem said they would see a doctor if they felt they were letting their partner down in the bedroom.
54 percent of them believed longer acts of intercourse will have a "dramatic impact" on their sexual relationship.
Premature ejaculation is a topic often talked about with a tinge of cynical humour, a condition many men would never admit to having, due to the associated stigma.
But Priligy may change that, and it appears, make water cooler jokes about the dysfunction seem, well, premature.
- CNA/ir
By Dylan Loh | Posted: 23 March 2011 1935 hrs
SINGAPORE: The problem of premature ejaculation during sex may soon be a thing of the past. A pill to treat the dysfunction has been approved for use in Singapore.
The drug, called Priligy, is approved for use for men between 18 and 64 years old.
Specialists can prescribe the drug at S$60 for a pack of three tablets.
Some call it "the magic pill". It helps men with premature ejaculation by targeting serotonin, a chemical produced by nerve cells.
Dr Lim Kok Bin, urology specialist at Raffles Hospital's Raffles UroRenal Centre, said: "Premature ejaculation refers to the fact that the person can't control ejaculation. If you're born with, unfortunately, a lower level of this serotonin, you tend to ejaculate faster. And so we have developed a medicine that helps to maintain the level of the serotonin in the nerve to prolong the latency before ejaculation."
Priligy may prolong latency by up to three times.
Clinical trials registered a 70 percent increase in satisfaction with sex for those who tried the drug.
But there are possible side effects for taking the pill, including headache or nausea.
Experts believe that one in three men in Singapore suffers from premature ejaculation.
They say the condition affects men across age groups and happens more commonly than erectile dysfunction or lack of interest in sex.
Premature ejaculation can be caused by stress and anxiety.
But it is not just the men who suffer.
Dr Calvin Fones, senior consultant psychiatrist at Gleneagles Medical Centre, said: "It is theoretically the partner who may somehow feel somewhat cheated because she may not have had the opportunity or the time to actually gain full sexual stimulation and orgasm through sex."
According to the Singapore Premature Ejaculation Prevalence and Attitudes study, 77 percent of men with the condition have never discussed their sexual health with a medical practitioner.
43 percent of men with the problem said they would see a doctor if they felt they were letting their partner down in the bedroom.
54 percent of them believed longer acts of intercourse will have a "dramatic impact" on their sexual relationship.
Premature ejaculation is a topic often talked about with a tinge of cynical humour, a condition many men would never admit to having, due to the associated stigma.
But Priligy may change that, and it appears, make water cooler jokes about the dysfunction seem, well, premature.
- CNA/ir
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