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One of the most common causes of erectile dysfunction is performance anxiety. Put simply, as men age, they begin to lose confidence that the erections of their youth will continue. It only takes one or two failures to get an erection hard enough for penetration and the worry starts to build. Soon, the worry becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. The anxiety takes over and erections fade away.

If you asked men to identify all their phobias, fear of sexual failure would obviously be high on the list. So much male self-esteem is wrapped up in the ability to be successful in the bedroom. But there’s also a widespread fear of spiders. Rightly or wrongly, many men find the presence of a spider disconcerting if not actually frightening. This despite the fact that, in the northern hemisphere, almost all the varieties of spiders are completely harmless. It seems to have something to do with the number of legs and the speed of the creatures.

This is the time to start talking about Brazil. Not only has it hit the headlines because Rio has been selected as the venue for the Olympics in 2016, it’s also the home of Phoneutria nigriventer, better known as the wandering spider. For those of you who like statistics, this is one of the most venomous spiders in the world and it’s responsible for the deaths of many. However, there’s a very good reason for overcoming your fear of this spider. When it sinks its fangs dripping with venom into a man, it not only puts the victim on the road to possible death unless treated, it also causes a long-lasting erection. In theory, this could make it a very pleasurable way to die except the erection apparently grows painful over time.

Attracted by news of this spider, US scientists have been injecting the venom into rats. There’s now clear clinical evidence that an active component of the venom relaxes blood vessels. This makes it a potential life-saving drug to reduce high blood pressure and, as a side effect, also treat erectile dysfunction. Pharmaceutical companies are therefore lining up to investigate this venom. The reason for the interest is that it’s a completely different chemical from levitra and the other drugs currently used to treat erectile dysfunction. The idea of developing a completely different class of drugs from a natural source makes this a very attractive commercial venture. Continue reading →

How often have we heard the doctor say, “Remember to take the full number of tablets.” but, when we feel better, we stop. It always seems such a waste. Antibiotics are expensive. We always justify keeping the half-empty bottle alongside all the others. You never know, we say to ourselves, they may come in useful. Except, they never do. So, when the day comes for clearing the shelves, what do we do with all these now unwanted drugs? In more innocent days, we might just have thrown them into the dumpster or flushed them down the toilet. Now we should think more about the consequences. Most of the trash from the dumpsters goes into landfill sites. Water washes through the mounds of rubbish, leaching all the chemicals into the ground. Over time, they move down to the water table and from there into streams and rivers. Similarly, what we flush down the toilets passes through the sewers directly into the local rivers or the nearby sea. Further downstream, river water gets taken up by the next town or city. It goes through the treatment plant and into the drinking water supply. Animals drink from the rivers and fish live in the sea. Water is used to irrigate the fields of produce. Over time, this cocktail of chemicals enters our food chain. We get to eat and drink the dilute mixture of drugs.

We should be taking care of the environment because we have to keep on living in it. If we grow tolerant of the drugs that keep us safe now, they will slowly lose their effectiveness. When we need to take them for real, they may not save us. Now add in the statistics that more people fall ill through accidental poisoning, overdoses and addiction than are injured in traffic accidents. Children are particularly at risk. As parents, we used to worry about leaving children alone in the house with bottles of liquor. Now we should be worried about leaving them in the house with bottles of pills. The younger children can mistake them for candy. The older ones may be tempted to try them to see whether they get high. Continue reading →

Having trouble with getting a good erection? Dealing with the diagnosis of erectile dysfunction or male impotence? Well, there are a lot of special drugs to treat the condition out there on the market and each day it’s easier to buy such drugs online because there are new sites opened where you can order them anonymously. Male impotence is the inability to get a stable erection for suitable sex that persists for a longer period of time. It may be caused by a variety of reasons the most frequently observed being diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart diseases. Erectile dysfunction can also be caused by various psychological factors like stress, depression, anxiety, mental disorders and other conditions. In fact, almost all men will experience erection problems at some point of their lives and knowing what has caused them is crucial for overcoming them. Continue reading →