A spray for premature ejaculation problems

London: Too hasty in bed? Fret not, for scientists have developed a spray which can help men with premature ejaculation problems prolong sexual encounters by nearly five times.An international team, led by Professor Stanley Althof of Centre for Marital and Sexual Health of South Florida, has come up with the spray known as PSD502 which actually consists

of a combination of two sensation-numbing drugs. Prof Althof was quoted by British newspaper `The Daily Telegraph` as saying: "Premature ejaculation can have a powerful negative impact on the emotional and sexual lives of men and their partners. "Recently, the international sexual health community agreed that PE should be defined as ejaculation occurring within approximately one minute of penetration that causes the patient distress. Now, we need to work to develop treatments, and these encouraging results with PSD502 seem to be a step in the right direction." In the research, some 256 men, suffering from premature ejaculation in the US, Canada and Poland, who used the anaesthetic spray lasted five times longer during sexual intercourse than they did when given a dummy treatment. The findings showed that administering the treatment five minutes before intercourse delayed ejaculation up to five -fold. The men also reported improved levels of control and sexual satisfaction and reduced stress. The findings have been outlined at the annual meeting of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America in San Diego. Patrick Fourteau of Sciele Pharma Inc, manufacturers of the spray, said the company would now apply for a new drug licence from US Food and Drug Administration. "FDA approval would make PSD502 the first prescription treatment in the US for premature ejaculation." Bureau Report