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Cavernosal Alpha-Blockade: A New Technique for Investigating and Treating Erectile Impotence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. S. Brindley
G. S. Brindley*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
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Summary

Intracavernosal injection of phenoxybenzamine, in a dose too small to have significant general effects, caused full erection lasting between half an hour and 30 hours in 3 of 4 potent men (2 normal, 2 anorgasmic) and in 6 of 11 impotent men. In the remaining potent man and 3 of the remaining impotent it caused the penis to be stiff enough for intromission. Six of the eleven impotent men have had sexual intercourse, for the first time for months or years, while under the drug.

The practical implications of this new discovery are discussed.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 143 , Issue 4 , October 1983 , pp. 332 - 337
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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