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Pocket-sized solutions: The Tempe spray helps prevents premature ejaculation |
He put smiles on millions of faces when he helped invent Viagra. Now the brains behind the little blue pills claims to have done it again.
Mike
Wyllie, one of the team of scientists who developed Viagra in the
1990s, has created a drug that tackles premature ejaculation.
He
predicts the spray-on medication, designed to
prolong the joy of sex
for millions of sufferers and their partners, is likely to become ‘the
next blockbuster’ drug.
Premature
ejaculation affects more than one in four men – making it more common
than the impotence tackled by Viagra. Most are too embarrassed to seek
help and when they do, treatments are generally limited to powerful
anti-depressants and counselling.
There
is one pill specifically designed to treat the problem but it is
expensive and not widely available in the UK. In contrast, it is hoped
the spray, called Tempe, which could be on sale within months, will be
cheap enough for prescription on the NHS.
In
trials, some men using the spray ahead of sex lasted up to eight times
longer. But the drug is generally thought to treble a man’s ‘staying
power’.
Dr Wyllie,
formerly of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and now chief scientific officer
of British biotech firm Plethora Solutions, calls Tempe his ‘new
Viagra’.
‘It is as much appreciated by
partners as by the sufferers,’ he said. ‘I feel in many respects the
clinical data are as impressive as Viagra’s.’
Premature
ejaculation can wreck self-esteem, make it difficult to form
relationships and, at its worst, can make it impossible for partners to
become pregnant. While the exact causes are unclear, it is thought
over-sensitivity contributes to the problem.
Tempe
contains low doses of two anaesthetics which help give a man more
control, without creating an uncomfortable numbing sensation.
It takes about five minutes to get to
work, but those who do not wish to give away their secret will be
pleased to know it can be sprayed on up to two hours before sex.
A pocket-sized can will last a year, if a man has sex five or six times a month.
The
average European man has staying power of six minutes, said Dr John
Dean, an expert who helped run the trials. The drug is aimed at those
who struggle to last a minute and is not thought to provide much extra
time to those who do not have a problem.
Plethora
Solutions is confident its application for a licence to sell Tempe
across Europe will be approved, meaning the drug could be on sale by
autumn next year. Dr Wyllie, who is also assistant editor of the British
Journal of Urology, said: ‘It could be the next blockbuster, the
potential is enormous.’
With sales of Viagra and similar pills worth £2.5billion a year globally, there are billions of pounds to be made.
But
Pam Spurr, a life coach and author of Sex Academy, warned premature
ejaculation can be caused by underlying psychological or medical
problems or by a simple lack of technique. ‘Men will jump at a drug like
this because it means they don’t have to communicate with their partner
about longer-term solutions,’ she added.
‘But I think a lot of women would rather he didn’t use a spray but learnt how to control it naturally.’
A condom may be just as effective at reducing sensitivity, she said.
-Dailymail
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