Promising Topical Treatment for Erectile Dysfunction

According to U.S. scientists, a viable alternative has surfaced that is truly heaven-sent for those impotent men intolerant to the pill version of the drugs. This topical emulsion for treating erectile dysfunction has shown potentiality during the animal trials that might just become a great alternative in men.

Oral drugs dosage of erectile dysfunction belonging to a medication category – PDE5 or phosphodiesterase inhibitors are commonly employed and immensely effectual, though could cause certain side effects like headache, stomach distress and disturbance, congestion in the nose, flushed feeling in the face and auditory and visual problems. Men that have lately experienced a heart attack or with chronic heart ailments need to be cautious when taking oral drugs for ED, if at all is necessary.

The novel nanoparticles based cream can hold drugs or other matter like nitric oxide and are effective in slow and continual delivery. Nitric oxide is the molecule that signals for the dilatation of the blood vessels that lead to an erection.

The nanoparticle therapy was conducted on eighteen rats bred to have age-associated erectile dysfunction. A batch of rats were administered nanoparticles  with nitric oxide while another batch were administered nanoparticles with nitric oxide with an additional trial drug known as silorphin ( that has a unique means of functioning diverse from PDE5 inhibitors). A third set of rats were administered nanoparticles with nitric oxide and the Cialis – a PDE5 inhibitor tadalafil.

From the 5 among the 7 rats that were administered nanoparticles with nitric oxide and all eleven rats that were given nanoparticles with nitric oxide and additionally either silorphin or tadalafil, exhibited favourable erectile functioning.

During the course of a news broadcast undertaken in the university, the co-author in this study, Dr. Joel M. Friedman, professor  in physiology, biophysics and medicine stated the response rate of the nanoparticles took a mere few minutes, that is essentially what men expect out of an ED medicine. She further added that in rats and human beings alike, it took half an hour to one hour for the oral ED medicine to start working.

The study was conducted by the scientists from Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York City. Lately, the study was published online in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.

The scientists were optimistic that when the safety standards and dosage studies were shown to be effective in rats, the trials on humans could commence in a few years time.

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