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FDA approves over-the-counter sales of topical gel Eroxon for erectile dysfunction
UPI ^ | JUNE 13, 2023 / 11:17 AM | By Cara Murez, HealthDay News

Posted on 06/13/2023 8:28:15 AM PDT by Red Badger

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved over-the-counter marketing for Eroxon, as a first-of-its-kind topical gel for erectile dysfunction.

Men with erectile dysfunction will now have the option of using a topical gel to treat the condition.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved over-the-counter marketing for the product, called Eroxon, as a first-of-its-kind medical product. The British pharmaceutical firm Futura Medical makes the gel.

"FDA set a very high standard in evaluating the effectiveness and safety of De Novo Medical Devices. I am delighted that we met this standard," Futura CEO James Barder said in a news release on Monday.

About 30 million American men are affected by erectile dysfunction, where they're not able to get or keep an erection for sexual activity.

This new gel will be sold in a single-dose tube, CNN reported.

It should be applied to the head of the penis before sex. Users may be able to become erect within 10 minutes and maintain that for long enough to have sex in about 65% of those who use it, according to the company.

The product is already sold in Belgium and the United Kingdom, where it costs the equivalent of $31.22 in U.S. dollars for a four-pack, CNN reported.

"We don't have specific pricing details yet, as the pricing will ultimately be determined by the partner who launches Eroxon in the U.S.," a company spokesman told CNN.

The timeline for when the product will be in the United States is unknown but it could be 2025, CNN reported.

Diseases such as Type 2 diabetes can contribute to erectile dysfunction, as can certain medications, anxiety disorders, smoking, drinking excessive alcohol, being overweight or using illegal drugs.

More information:

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/urologic-diseases/erectile-dysfunction/symptoms-causes

The National Institutes of Health has more on erectile dysfunction.

Copyright © 2023 HealthDay. All rights reserved.


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1 posted on 06/13/2023 8:28:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Most Republicans in Congress could use some.


2 posted on 06/13/2023 8:28:55 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Red Badger

So it’s a gel?

Apply liberally and rub vigorously?

Seems sorta old school....


3 posted on 06/13/2023 8:31:46 AM PDT by Bobalu (There was always going to be a reckoning....... and here it is.)
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4 posted on 06/13/2023 8:31:46 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Bobalu

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ee3oKSEqU_Q


5 posted on 06/13/2023 8:32:32 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Red Badger

“FDA set a very high standard in evaluating the effectiveness and safety of De Novo Medical Devices.”

If the “very high standard” was as high as the COVID “vaccines” standard, then we are in big trouble.


6 posted on 06/13/2023 8:32:39 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else.)
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To: Bobalu

7 posted on 06/13/2023 8:32:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tell It Right

“ Most Republicans in Congress could use some.”
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I doubt that this new med can cure a lack of testicles.


8 posted on 06/13/2023 8:33:03 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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To: Red Badger

I guess you’d have to wear gloves to apply it, otherwise...uh, nevermind.


9 posted on 06/13/2023 8:33:56 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Bobalu

Small print....you’ll go blind


10 posted on 06/13/2023 8:35:34 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: subterfuge

My guess is that more women will use this stuff than men, in hopes of forcing an improvement to their experience.

“Be right out, hubby, just freshening up...”


11 posted on 06/13/2023 8:35:58 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down seven times, stand up eight. - Japanese proverb)
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To: Red Badger

Directions say “must be applied by 18 year old girl”


12 posted on 06/13/2023 8:36:36 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: Red Badger

WOW, the biggest LIE of the century. “FDA set a very high standard in evaluating the effectiveness and safety of..............”

Where the F*ck was the FDA in regards to Covid Vax?????
Crickets????????

Maybe since this “product” will be used/abused by PERVERTS, FDA needed “higher” standards than those for the health of common people.


13 posted on 06/13/2023 8:36:54 AM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: dfwgator

A Steve Martin/SNL classic!


14 posted on 06/13/2023 8:38:15 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Red Badger

In the old days, the cure for ED was nude girly magazines, and in today’s world, it’s porn videos. How’s the gel going to compete, especially when internet porn is a lot cheaper?


15 posted on 06/13/2023 8:39:28 AM PDT by adorno
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To: Red Badger

Generic Name: Eroxon
One likely Brand Name: E-Rox-Ov


16 posted on 06/13/2023 8:39:29 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

“Eroxon?” Interesting name for a erectile disfunction medication.


17 posted on 06/13/2023 8:39:40 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: lee martell

Got your ‘Roxon?................


18 posted on 06/13/2023 8:40:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Flavors?


19 posted on 06/13/2023 8:40:12 AM PDT by FatherofFive (I support Trump. Not the GOP)
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To: Sacajaweau

LOL!


20 posted on 06/13/2023 8:40:22 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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