Remember when Viagra first came out and suddenly people began talking about erectile dysfunction? Until then, researchers had no idea how many men were suffering with ED. Now, a brand-new men’s health drug is sweeping through and likely to cause an even bigger revolution in sexual health and also break some taboos on the way. The drug is called Priligy (Dapoxetine) and is prescribed for treating premature ejaculation.
Priligy still hasn’t gained widespread approval but men can buy Priligy in some European countries. The internet has also made Priligy available to men around the world, even when their countries haven’t approved it yet. Priligy is essentially the same drug as common medicines like Prozac and Paxil. As an SSRI antidepressant, it increases the amount of serotonin in the brain. For people with mood disorders, this can stabilize mood. It can also help you control your orgasms better. Priligy is different from other antidepressants because it has fewer side effects, takes effect faster, and gets out of the body faster too. For treating premature ejaculation, men should take Priligy as-need before sex. The medicine is sold in packs of three 30mg tablets.
In most cases, first a problem is identified and then researchers get to work to find a solution. With Priligy though, the situation is reversed. First medical researchers realized that antidepressants increased the time it took for orgasm. Once they knew the cure, they realized that it could help the problem of premature ejaculation. The only issue though is that there had been virtually no research on premature ejaculation.
At what point is ejaculation considered “premature?” Men who regularly watch porn would probably think that it is normal to last 45+ minutes in bed before ejaculating. The reality is that most men don’t last this long and (here is the interesting part) their partners don’t want them to! After Priligy was discovered as a treatment for premature ejaculation, the surveys and studies to define “premature” really began. In one survey, researchers discovered that ideal sex time varies between cultures: American men think they should last 15 minutes, Brits think they should last 10 minutes and German men think they should be lasting about 7 minutes.
In 2009, a researcher in the Netherlands did a study where he asked 500 couples from 5 different countries to time their sex. And what was the average time? Just 6 minutes, which is shorter than what most men think they should be lasting. In a different study where men and women were surveyed about their sex life, 34% of men said that they weren’t lasting long enough whereas 82% of their female partners said that the men’s lasting time was fine.
As Priligy becomes more widely available and notorious like Viagra, we are certain to find out much more about premature ejaculation. As it stands now though, there is no medical definition or even cultural definition of how long men should be lasting. So how can you tell whether you need Priligy or not? Experts have a simple solution: ask your partner is she is satisfied.