We all know guys who have tried Boner Pills ‘just for fun’.
More than 90% of our patients at FocusWave Clinic have used these Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5i – Viagra, Cialis, Levitra) to improve erectile function.
But these aren’t recreational drugs – they are short term performance enhancing pharmacological agents that may or may not improve your sexual congress.
And despite the reports of awesome banging that result from their ingestion, PDE5i may come with tremendous side effects.
Patients confirm detailed reports of nausea, headache, runny nose, back pain, tinnitus, dizziness, and many others.
For the majority of men, however, the pills DO work.
Maybe not as often as you think – 30-35% of patients fail to respond to them.
PDE5i non-responders almost always have co-morbidities, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, among others (1).
These drugs are potent vasodilators, relaxing the smooth muscles in the penis, improving blood flow, and facilitating erection during sexual stimulation.
Interestingly, they have recently been shown to have the potential to improve cardiovascular health in certain circumstances (2).
But, as with many medications, our patients often report diminishing returns, as the pills’ positive effect tends to weaken over time.
This may be related to tolerance and efficacy as well as correlated with a decline in patients’ overall health (3).
The bottom line is that boner pills are more of a treatment of the symptom rather than an attempt at a curative effect.
This is why Focused Shockwave Therapy has such tremendous potential for those suffering from sexual health conditions like Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Peyronie’s Disease (PD) and Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CPPS).
Shockwave Therapy attacks the cause of the problem – not the symptom.
It works to improve blood flow to the penis by promoting the neovascularization process – the creation of new blood vessels from the existing vasculature.
Shockwave Therapy Treatments are quick, painless, side effect free, and totally non-invasive.
There’s no numbing creams, no surgery, and no downtime.
You can leave the clinic after your treatment and go have sex with your partner.
The ultimate goal of our patients is the return of spontaneous, strong erections, without the obligatory ‘tiny blue pill’.
Focused Shockwave Therapy offers patients the best chance to achieve natural erections, without the need for surgery, injections or pharmacological medicine.
Contact FocusWave Clinic – Ottawa’s Premier Sexual Health Clinic – for a free consultation to see if Focused Shockwave Therapy is right for you.
