‘Marathon Effect’ of Impotence Cialis Drug
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The drug is being developed in the US, impotent men who take a new drug for the condition may be able to have sex up to 34 hours later, claims the maker Cialis, a medication trying to gain a foothold in the lucrative anti-impotence market created by Viagra, is being tested by doctors.
Pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly wants to be able to market Cialis in the US from the second half of this year. Their trial involved 223 men with moderate to severe impotence, some of whom were given Cialis, and the rest a dummy placebo. While the drug group were statistically more likely to achieve erection, they were also more likely to have successful second sexual encounters during a 24-hour period.
Dr Harin Padma-Nathan, a professor of urology at the University of Southern California, who led the study, acknowledged that other impotence drugs had not been tested for this longevity of effect. However, he said: “We saw a huge clinical difference within 36 hours in patients taking Cialis and many of the men indicated a sense of freedom and spontaneity.”