Longer-Lasting Erection Drug Approved - It lasts all weekend. Wow!

[NNN0LHI]

Not sure I would want a woody all weekend or not? This story is a medical breakthrough announcement, and not a sex thread.

http://my.webmd.com/content/article/77/95388.htm?z=3734_00000_1000_ts_02

Nov. 21, 2003 -- Look out, America, here comes "Le Weekend." That's what the French are calling the newest erectile dysfunction drug approved by the FDA.

It's called Cialis -- pronounced "SEE-Alice." Like Viagra and Levitra, it doesn't make a man's penis erect. Instead, the drugs make it possible for a man who's had trouble getting and keeping erections to have one when he's sexually aroused.

Viagra starts working in about half an hour, and its effect lasts for about four hours. Levitra has about the same window of effect. Cialis gets to work a bit faster -- a third of men respond in 15 minutes -- but lasts for 36 to 48 hours in some men (but by no means all).

Urologist Gerald Brock, MD, associate professor at St. Joseph's Health Center in London, Ontario, is past chairman of the Canadian Male Sexual Health Council. He's treated many patients with Viagra and, in clinical trials, with Cialis and Levitra.

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[NNadir]

1. Isn't amazing that pharmaceutical companies are sinking so much

into men's erections and so little into say, Malaria?

Hmmm...I wonder why that is?

[Deja Q]

Especially since prolonged erections can damage penile tissue!

Greed. They're out for money. Why cure a one-time disease when a recurring nuisance is much more profitable? x(

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Well, malaria is kind of understood... how about West Nile?

Or SARS.

[Dirk39]

7. Could it be

that far more people without erections but money compete with people, who have malaria, but no money at all. Thank god, that rich people have Aids, too. But there is always free trade and patents, to support freedom, democrazy and death. IIRC even more people suffer from TBC again, seems to be more dangerous than Aids...
One of the biggest lie in the history of health-care is that Penecilin was responsible to prevent TBC, it was the labour-movement and the labour-unions, who did win against TBC.
Hello from Germany,
Dirk

[hlthe2b]

2. ok, I'm going to say the first thing that occurs to me...

(and I don't deny any man from having a normal sex life)
BUT, isn't there MORE to life than worrying about an erection 24/7?

From the spam in my email boxes, I guess not.... :crazy:

[NNN0LHI]

4. I don't get it either to be honest with you. Gave it up years ago

Prefer fishing.

Don

[fishnfla]

3. 48 hour porn tapes soon to follow

this will revolutionize the video recording industry.

[BringEmOn]

38. Carpal tunnel syndrome?

Oops! Camero beat me to it.

[dae]

6. That's GREAT I can take a pill before I go out in the cold and find my

wee wee when I gotta pee pee!

[Character Assassin]

8. AAAAHHHH! I can't close my eyes! There's not enough available skin!!!

I think this a plot by those bastards at Visine.

[Lars39]

9. Well, you'll know who's taking it Sun., 'cause they call in sick Monday!

Reminds me of when my FIL was having ear surgery at Fort Campbell and they put him in the room with a guy that had surgery for a penile implant. Flag pole was raise for a whole week. :)

[LiberalFighter]

10. Would get a lot of men in Indiana in legal trouble...

if the law was enforced that prohibits a man from being sexually aroused in public.

[populistmom]

11. Uh, can you send some to my house!

:evilgrin:

[regnaD kciN]

12. I'm up for it!

(Sorry...I couldn't resist! :evilgrin: )

[nuxvomica]

13. "Cialis' most troublesome side effect: Back pain." Duh!

There's not much else I can say about this except under the umbrella statement that it's just another reason the entire healthcare establishment needs to be rethought, overhauled and purged of commercial interests. Years ago, medicine used to be about healing.

[regnaD kciN]

14. And your point is...?

Years ago, medicine used to be about healing.

But what about those people who, when they get this feeling, they want sexual healing?

;-)

[nuxvomica]

26. from the PDR entry for Cialis:

Patients reported no increase in sexual healing but prolonged periods of having that feeling. Or something like that, I'm guessing. :-)

[camero]

33. That's funny

I thought it was carpal tunnel syndrome. :)

[cosmicdot]

15. this is a hard one ...

playing Devil's advocate with the obligatory ... but, on the other hand ...

there's much stress in our society that needs chilling out

think of it as a valve which could be beneficial to society

:shrug:

choose your weapon?

far from being a sociologist here ... so, this is conjecture as far as any correlation in sexual dysfunction/repression and, say, abusive behavior; violence; unhappiness; other negative human behavior; etc.

I don't like the Spam ... and, as Chris Rock has used in his comedy: the medical world hasn't cured much in recent times (I think, in part, because of the profit motive) ... I think America media has a compulsive disorder thing going on ... American culture can make a lot of developing young folks feel inadequate at a critical stage in life ...

Don't think these medications don't find their way to the Party circuit and new product growth in underground distribution outlets ... Le Weekend indeed ...

Got any samples?

[chiburb]

16. Wow! I pity the women who have to....

Clean the guy's bathroom! (Please note that I'm NOT saying it's the woman's job, just stating the obvious: THAT chore does happen to fall to women usually.)
Don't guys "miss" the toilet too often when flaccid? How will they ever hit it while pointing straight up?

[Deja Q]

18. No problem there, the man can simply...

pee in the bathtub/shower! :evilgrin:

[BiggJawn]

19. You bow deeply from the hips...

Haven't had one of THOSE inna LONG time...
Sucks getting older....

[radwriter0555]

17. Think of all the divorces THIS is going to cause...

geesh.

[BiggJawn]

20. Hell, It might PREVENT some...Not all women prefer "Lifetime" to Sex...

Just the ones I get involved with...

[radwriter0555]

22. LOL... the secret is that they're pretending.

We really don't want to be chased around with that thing all the time, unless "we're" terribly insecure and seek to validate 'our' relationship via sexual activity... since it emulates the psychological intimacy usually lacking in such type relationships.

No offense of course.

;)

[BiggJawn]

25. I gotta ask-Do you prefer your cake without frosting?

:7
Yeah, I didn't think so, and neither do I.

Nice, smooth, fragrant butter creme frosting....Swirled and peaked on the cake....Mmmmmmmmmmmm!

Relationships are the same way. Good cake is always better with frosting.And so it goes with relationships.

Seriously, WHY is it always a "clumsy,insecure" man's fault if there's inequities in a relationship?

[radwriter0555]

27. Because they're men of course! Women are perfect. Geesh, everyone

knows that! ;)

[underpants]

21. MAKE ROOM! Omar the tentmaker is coming over for the weekend!

How would you go to store????

[Buns_of_Fire]

23. I can't WAIT to see the TV ads for this one!

We've already gone through the existing ones: the Viagra one where everybody tries to guess "what's different" about Joe today -- yet none of them seem to notice the raging woody he must be sporting; and the Levitra one with the guy tossing that football RIGHT THROUGH THE HOLE (repeatedly!) just before retreating with his adoring lady towards the house.

I recommend a short spot, with lots of cuts of the Empire State Building, a Saturn V launch vehicle in liftoff mode, and some distant shots of giant redwoods (redwoodies?). No talking, lots of music. And at the end, the simple text phrase:
Jealous?
See Alice!

Cialis, a product of Eli Lilly.
Better Loving Through Chemistry.

[nuxvomica]

28. Instead of sponsoring NASCAR, they'll sponsor the Tour de France

Same message, longer venue.

[Buns_of_Fire]

29. Wait a minute! Was this developed in FRANCE?

My, my, wouldn't THAT cause some consternation among the Freedom Fries Folks!

Which one do men like best? In a recent head-to-head-to-head study of all three drugs taken at the recommended starting dose by men with erectile dysfunction:

• 47% preferred Levitra.
• 34% preferred Viagra.
• 19% preferred Cialis.

No, I won't make any smarmy, smartass comments about "head-to-head" studies. I just won't.

But I DID come up with the music to be used in the commercial: "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane.

...Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head

(Quick fade to black. You're welcome, Eli Lilly. You'll be getting my invoice shortly.)

[BiggJawn]

36. You'd better copyright that idea...

Something tells me you're gonna be watching the tube some night when suddenly "Hey, Dammit! That's *MY* Idea!!!"

"If in Love's sweet tango you're being Dissed by your Phallus,
Just Ask Your Doctor If you're ready for Cialis..."

[alarimer]

37. I had no idea

What that ad was about (the one with the football). Maybe I am completely dense but I thought it might be an anti-depressant (well I guess it might be LOL) or an arthritis drug.

[Bake]

24. Gotta call my doctor NOW!!!

He always has samples and I'm going home next weekend!!

Bake

[HuckleB]

30. Hmm.

Lexapro already does this for many an MDD (major depressive disorder) and GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) male patient...

[scarlet_owl]

31. Okay, I think they mean that it is POSSIBLE to get

an erection for two days afterward, not an erection that lasts for two days. I know there are more serious problems out there, but I think it is a great idea. My husband is impotent and he is only 26. There is no physiological reason for it. Something like this would be a Godsend to us. I'm going on 3 months with no sex, and we desperatley want a baby. His impotence has been the only sticking point (no jokes please) in an otherwise wonderful marriage. Impotence can be a very heartbreaking situation. People tend to think about it as old guys gettin' it on and cruising for chicks. They don't think about the emotional toll it takes on couples. Thank you, I am through.

[radwriter0555]

32. Cialis, "like See Alice" as in "go ask Alice, I think she'll know" as in

Alice in Wonderland? As in Alice Through the Looking Glass...

One pill makes you larger, one pill makes you small....

I bet.....

[jmowreader]

34. This is a side effect of Viagra

48-hour hard-ons are called priapism, and normally they're a Bad Thing.

Now they're selling a drug that will supposedly give you a priapism? On purpose? And priapism is a good thing here?

I really hope this means "take one pill, and you can get it up for the next two days" instead of "take one pill, and it will stay up for two days."

[HuckleB]

35. I wouldn't doubt that priapism is a possible side effect...

but that's not the intended effect of the drug. There is a very big clinical difference between priapism and simiply being able to keep it up for a longer period of time and having delayed ejaculation...