I Don’t Think It Will Sell Very Well
Brazilian doctors have discovered a cure for erectile dysfunction that is unlikely to catch on with the public any time soon. It works really well, but there's a serious side effect: agonizing pain throughout the body. Besides, who wants to let a spider bite them?
In Brazil, emergency room staff can immediately spot the victims of a bite from the Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria nigriventer). Patients not only experience overall pain and an increase in blood pressure, they also sport an uncomfortable erection.
“The erection is a side effect that everybody who gets stung by this spider will experience along with the pain and discomfort,” said study team member Romulo Leite of the Medical College of Georgia. “We’re hoping eventually this will end up in the development of real drugs for the treatment of erectile dysfunction.”
The research was presented here at a poster session at the American Physiological Society (APS) annual meeting.
The television ads would be kind of amusing, however. And what if your partner shrieks when she sees the treatment? Kind of spoils the mood.
Animals, World news | Gaius Tuesday, 1 May , 2007
By Hurricane Shirley, Tuesday, 1 May , 2007 @ 9:11 am
A “poster session”? Those whacky physiologists.
By Bleepless, Tuesday, 1 May , 2007 @ 4:50 pm
It’s okay if they’re in love.
By BlogDog, Wednesday, 2 May , 2007 @ 12:26 pm
“Spider-Man 3″ brought to you by PharmaBraz new product “Bite of the Spider.”
By Gaius, Wednesday, 2 May , 2007 @ 1:25 pm
Personally, I’d call it Viarchnid. But that’s just me.