There are many things available today for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE). Until about 15 to 20 years ago there were no known medications that helped men who suffered with this condition. When the first medications called SSRI's became available for the treatment of depression, something very interesting was noticed.

 

Not only were men and women being helped with their depression by a whole new class of drugs, they were also reporting that they were having a difficult time reaching orgasm. This was often a disturbing problem for women because it usually takes longer for a woman to reach orgasm than it does for a man to ejaculate. However, for men who had been suffering with the problem of PE, it often produced a cure. Thus very few men would report the difficulty, but women would return to their physician and tell them that they could not have an orgasm.

 

As is often the case, a new use for the SSRI medications had begun to take root. It has been shown with many medications that after millions of people have begun to use the prescription, something unexpected begins to be treated. Another example of this occurs with seizure medications as well. When people who have seizures are put on certain medications, they found that their migraine headaches went away. Not all seizure patients have migraine headaches, but the ones that did came back to their physicians and told them that their horrible migraine headaches had gone away since beginning the seizure medication.

 

When hundreds of doctors begin reporting the same phenomenon, a new "off label" use of the prescription medication is born. This is the case with SSRI medication. When men with depression who also happened to suffer from PE began to report delayed ejaculation, a new use for SSRI medications was born.

 

The problem with this is that many men do not want to take an anti-depressant medication if they are not depressed. Even though PE is a serious problem men constantly search for an alternative solution to using an SSRI prescription. This leads to a wide array of available products and potential solutions to the problem of PE. Nowadays people are often distrusting of pharmaceutical companies and prescription medication.

 

This has lead to the development of numerous nutritional supplements directed at helping men who have PE. All of the products are trying to capture the effect of the SSRI class without being a prescription. You might rightfully ask, "How does this work?" It is well known scientifically how the SSRI prescription drugs delay ejaculation. This class of medications raises the level of an important chemical called serotonin. Serotonin can inhibit the urge to ejaculate, and it can therefore delay orgasm.

 

Quite interestingly there is excellent science available that says that it is possible to raise the serotonin level through the use of nutritional supplements. Some of the world's greatest physiologists like William Ganong, MD have stated that serotonin levels can be raised through nutritional supplementation. So this article looks at a supplement on the market today as well as some other options for helping PE.

 

The first item reviewed is called "DETAIN X". It is available on the internet through a number of sources. It is a pure nutritional supplement, and it is very well tolerated. The goal of the supplement is to increase serum serotonin levels with all natural items. DETAIN X does a great job, and those who get a great result with it swear by it. It seems to more than deserve its initial asking price of $89. Men who use it long term are able to buy it at a lower price, and this is pleasing to those who have wonderful success with this all natural supplement.

 

There are also a number of ointments or lotions that are designed to reduce the sensitivity of the head of the penis. This area is called the glans penis. It is the stimulation of the glans penis that leads to the ejaculatory reflex. Once that reflex has begun, it is impossible to stop the process. Men who use this seem to vary on the reports of success. Regardless of whether it delays ejaculation for a man or not, men report that the reduction in sensitivity is a bit of a distraction and a nuisance. In spite of this reduction of sensitivity, there is definitely a place for these ointments or lotions in the treatment of PE.

 

There are a number of sites advertising ring devices. These devices capitalize on the fact that once the penis is erect, it stays erect until the blood empties out of it. This normally occurs after the man reaches orgasm. However, by the placement of a tight ring around the base of the erect penis; blood is trapped in the penis and it can remain in the erect state after ejaculation occurs. This technique works for a number of men as well. The chief difficulty with this technique is that some men report some pain with ejaculation. These rings can be so tight that it is difficult for the ejaculate to pass through the urethra with so much external pressure from the ring. It actually can cause something called retrograde ejaculation. This means that the semen goes backward into the bladder as opposed to out the end of the penis. Even though this is not medically unsanitary, it does indeed seem unusual to fail to see any ejaculate. In spite of this there are users who swear by the ring.

 

Of all the potential solutions the ones that appear to leave the most to be desired are the old stand by solutions. For years professionals have advocated squeezing the penis before ejaculation. This does not seem to help too many people. There are also those who advocate ceasing pelvic movement with the start/stop method during intercourse. This often fails because men with PE cannot prevent themselves from coming even though no movement is occurring. The act of penetrating their partner leads directly to ejaculation with or without pelvic movement. Lastly having a man's partner masturbate him and stop on cue while the man relaxes does not seem to achieve the desired result during sexual intercourse. These so called teaching methods seem to have little impact when men actually have intercourse and are penetrating their partner.

 

It is the failure of these techniques that has led to the development of newer alternatives for controlling premature ejaculation. There is some irony in the fact that the professional community still seems to be advocating these old remedies. If those remedies worked, there would be no need for other solutions. For additional information about PE try one of the listed sites.