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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Papaverine

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Injectables Used for Erectile Dysfunction

By Jay Motola Health Expert
Despite what the commercials claim oral agents are not going to work for all patients. Some patients are not able to use these drugs due to other medications that they use which could result in a serious adverse event. However, the good news is that other alternatives exist for these.

Medications that are injected directly into the penis preceded the use of oral agents by more than 25 years. At the 1983 meeting of the American Urological Association, the British physiologist Gile Brindley sho... Read more »

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3 years ago, I had an unpainful erection which went down on its o
By David Knowles, M.D. , Health Expert

...hours; it was caused by an injection of a mixture of papaverine and phentolamine (even though I... Read more »

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Prostate Cancer, Robotic Prostate Surgery & Erectile Dysfunction Rehabilitation
By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health Expert

After robotic prostate surgery that is performed for cancer, the patient will have a foley catheter... Read more »

Health Guide

Erectile Dysfunction and Maintaining an Erection
...Then a constriction device is used to trap the blood in the penis. 4. Injecting a medication such as papaverine directly into the shaft of the penis has been very effective with men who have... Read more »
Erectile Dysfunction: The Basics of Impotence
...erections by injecting drugs into the penis, causing it to become engorged with blood. Drugs such as papaverine hydrochloride, phentolamine, and alprostadil (marketed as Caverject) widen blood... Read more »
Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence): Injections or Topical Treatments
...succeed with PDE5 inhibitors. The standard drugs used in injections include:AlprostadilPhentolaminePapaverineAlthough any or all of these drugs are very effective, injections or other invasive... Read more »
Erectile Dysfunction Diagnosis
...30 to 60 minutes. This drug is replacing more invasive and expensive tests, such as an injection of papaverine or prostaglandin E1, medications that dilate blood vessels in the penis. They produce... Read more »