The Countdown to Viagra

Erectile dysfunction is one of the oldest ailment that has been known to affect man. It has reared its head since the earliest generation of mankind. As a result of this there has been a steady turn in the advancement towards the cure of impotency. Some of these are

Ancient treatments
Ancient Doctors spent a long time seeking for a fitting cure to impotence. Discovered records have revealed many proposed methods suggested in ancient literatures of the Greeks, Egyptians a Chinese. Some of these practices are still in use today. For instance, local herbs like Gingseng which were used hundreds of years ago are still being currently used.

The start of the 1900s
With the start of the last century, cases of impotency were treated primarily by psychologists. Many were convinced that impotency was caused more as a result of psychological limitations than actual physical symptoms. The theory of “It’s all in your head” was used in addressing reported cases of erectile dysfunction. Unsurprisingly, most of the people treated with this method ended up with less than satisfactory results. To be fair though, while most cases of impotency can be traced to physical/organic deficiencies and weaknesses, many of the sufferers are also found to develop cases of psychological depression. However treating this will do little in way of bettering the physical impositions that have resulted in the development of erection.

1940 – 1979
This period marked the transition of the treatment of impotency from the territory of psychoanalysis to that of actual physical treatment. Urologist and surgeons began to apply physical methods designed to mimic the male erection. The artificial insertion of a plastic rut triggered the wide use of penile implants. With time this process witness more sophisticated methods, with the plastic rut being replaced with silicon at some point and the use of a inflatable implant even much later. There were many advantages to using penile implants. For instance they were found to be very effective. They also gave the user the chance to have sex whenever he desired. Above all, most penile implants, upon insertion were guaranteed to have an extremely long life span.

1979 -1995
The end of 1979 witnessed the accidental discovery of the effects of muscle relaxant. During a penile procedure, a patient was accidentally injected with Paperverine, a muscle relaxant used in the treatment of many conditions ( i.e asthma). Much to the patient’s delight, he was thereafter able to have an erection for as long as the drug was in his system. With this finding the use of injections containing varying kinds of muscle relaxants was widely used for the treatment of impotent men. To a large extent the results were satisfactory. However the danger of scarring as well as the many unpleasant side effects associated with its use and unwillingness by most to engage in regular self administered injections, meant that not many men embraced this method.

1999
Towards the end of 90’s the company Pfizer discovered a way to of inhibiting the actions of PDE-5. Pde-5 was responsible for the repressing the production of nitric oxide, a muscle relaxant produced by the body. After years of careful research they released their results to the world. They announced the very first anti-impotence tablet.

Viagra tablets are widely considered to be one of the most effective treatments of erectile dysfunction. It is possible to buy Viagra tablets online. However you should ensure that the tablets sold to you are real Viagra tablets. Viagra tablets are available in prescriptions of 25mg, 50mg and a 100mg.