If Viagra has made sex possible for men suffering from impotence, a new drug introduced in the United States aims to make it last longer. Much longer... The new wonder medicine named dapoxetine unveiled at an annual meeting of the American Urological Association is designed to help millions of men around the world cope with premature ejaculation wreaking havoc on their sex lives.

According to the association, between 27 per cent and 34 per cent of males of all age groups are suffering from this condition, which is usually diagnosed when sperm release occurs two minutes or less into the sexual act, or even before penetration. “The impact premature ejaculation can have on men and their partners can be devastating for a relationship and, currently, there are no truly optimal therapies for PE,” said Doctor Jon Pryor, the chief urologist at the University of Minnesota and lead researcher during dapoxetine’s clinical trials. The test involved 2,614 men aged between 18 and 77, who maintained monogamous sexual relationships of more than six months and suffered from premature ejaculation. Each received 30 milligrams or 60 milligrams of dapoxetine over 12 weeks in two identical placebo-controlled trials. The results showed the drug helped them lengthen intercourse three to four times. What’s more, dapoxetine increased their staying power with the first dose and helped maintain the increases over the whole study period.

<I>Source: Times of India</I>