Thursday, November 24, 2022

Rugiet: It's The Real Deal!

 So I wondered if maybe the Acoustic Wave treatment might have made the use of oral ED drugs more effective for me, since I have severe ED.  Maybe I wondered aloud and my cell phone heard me, because almost immediately Facebook showed me an ad for Rugiet, a new oral ED treatment.  It is a softgel that dissolves under your tongue, which they claim helps it take effect in as little as 15 minutes.  There are 3 different-strength formulas, the "max" of which contains (I think) 110 mg of Sildenafil (generic Viagra), 40 mg Tadalafil (generic Cialis) and 3 mg of APO, short for Apomorphine, a new one on me. 

Their literature says APO has the effect of preparing the nervous system for sexual stimulation. It is a dopamine agonist (or promoter) that affects dopamine receptors which (I think they said) send sex-related signals through the body.  It's fairly new but has been very effective in clinical trials, with the most common side effect being nausea, which goes away with continued use.  One study I looked at seems to say that it is almost as effective for men with severe ED as for mild or moderate ED....  Okay, to cut to the chase: I think I can attest to that.  There is a comment at the end of the study description that suggests that another reason the APO works is that some of the root cause of physical ED may be in certain areas of the brain.

         ( I've screwed something up in the formatting, can't seem to fix it.) I got the package in the mail and couldn't wait to try it out. I put the little soft square under my                tongue and it dissoved fairly quickly, had a vaguely minty taste which was not bad.  It took longer            than 15 minutes, but not more than 30-- conjuring up some sexual imagery in my mind, my                 mini-me self-initiated a launch sequence which hadn't happened in several years.  I went into the next room to my girlfriend and asked her to help me with something in the bedroom.  With a quizzical expression she did so, and on arrival I took her in my arms and kissed her deeply. At the end of the kiss I dropped my pajama pants and stepped back.  "HOLY CRAP!" she exclaimed, and took the angry little feller in hand and began feeling it...   In truth, it was just almost hard enough for penetration, but that was way beyond anything I'd achieved without an injection in a long time. She stared at it for some time, fascinated, squeezing it and then gently stroking it, making me moan softly.  When I did, she looked up at me with an amused expression, then pushed me back on the bed and went down on me with a vengeance.  I was surprised by the experience, but it put me in a zone where it felt so good I didn't want it to stop, so I didn't come for quite a little while, but when I finally did come it was explosive, and would have set new height and distance records for me had she not completely contained and swallowed it all except for a little dribble that ran down her chin. She stared hotly into my eyes and grinned.  

It's hard to describe the difference in feel between an oral drug-induced erection and one achieved by injection. It just feels more natural, and by extension more exciting.  I felt much like I had back in the day almost 18 years ago when Cialis enabled me to make love with my late wife 5 times in one 24- hour period.  Having had severe ED for the last 10 years or so, it was incredibly surprising.  I'm kind of hoping that with repeated use I may be able to achieve actual penetration-worthy hardness. I admit I've contemplated maybe taking two doses at once:  I don't know about the double Sildenafil and Tadalafil, but the APO study tested doses up to 6 mg, so I think I'd be good, there. Hmmm...

The bottom line is, I would bet that a man with mild or moderate ED would be blown away by how effective Rugiet can be, maybe men with severe ED, too.  But of course, it's not cheap-- the 1-time trial order was $170 for 6 doses, although the regular recurring order option i, I think, a little cheaper per dose.  Right now, though, I'd say it's freakin' WORTH IT, BABY!

 

 

     

Friday, January 28, 2022

I've Started Shock Wave Treatments for ED

 I finally decided to try my urologist's U-Wave treatment even though it is supposedly not as effective for guys with advanced/severe ED like me.  I figured for the new lower price it would be worth a try, and it's good I signed up when I did-- the price jumped from $1500 to $2000 as of January 1, 2022.  This was still much better than the Total Performance Medical price of $5500 I was quoted maybe a year ago (see  past blog post).  

The procedure is very simple: you strip below the waist, the technician applies an acoustic gel to your willy and then he goes over it with the shockwave wand. After that you put your knees up and he gels and wands the area at the base of your shaft behind the testicles, where the artery supplying your genitals is located.  You can feel the pulses, kind of prickly/tingly, but it doesn't really hurt.  My 3rd treatment was given by the actual urologist, and he used a little less gel, which meant I felt it more, like really mild pin pricks but nothing to complain about.  I had my 4th treatment yesterday from the regular tech, and he uses more gel, which means I don't feel anything.  You get 2 treatments per week for 3 weeks.  The treatment takes about 4 to 6 weeks to have its full effect, after which they have a doctor consultation to gauge its success or failure.

As I said, I just completed my 4th session, and I can tell a difference even though I'm far from cured.  I take Super Bi-mix injections to achieve erections, and the tech suggested I induce one every 48 hours and keep it hard for as long as possible while the treatments are on-going, to help the body build and open the penile blood vessels. Before I started this, my injections were kind of hit or miss as far as success was concerned, not sure why.  Since I began U-Wave, however, every erection has been rock-hard and I've managed to make it last 1.5 to 2 hours as long as I put off climaxing... WOOHOO! That much alone makes it worth the $1500 to me.

I'll update this post after the last treatment, if there's anything new to report, and again after the 4- 6 week period.  Now if you'll excuse me, I have an injection to prepare.  ;-)

UPDATE:  My member feels "fatter" than it did, and my erect length seems to have improved, although not to what it was before I had Peyronie's Disease (see previous post).  Alas, I can't see much improvement in my ED in general, still need an injection to get hard. *Sigh*