Gene therapy for erectile dysfunction

[Flavio]

Gene therapy seems to be the future of ED treatment. This new therapy promises more efficacy, more safety and more spontaneity - a simple injection into the penis every six months and that's it!

For more on this:

Gene Therapy For Erectile Dysfunction

I have great faith in this new treatment. And according to Dr. Arnold Melman, this new treatment can be combined with Viagra and other oral drugs. Great news indeed!

[arizona]

Great read, thanks for posting that. Looks like viagra will soon be a thing of the past

[Flavio]

[...] Looks like viagra will soon be a thing of the past

Not necessarily. Here's what Dr Arnold Melman had to say about it:


«The gene therapy also appears to work "synergistically" with drugs such as Viagra and Cialis, "so that you can perhaps use a lower dose ... if you have these genes on board.»


For more on gene therapy:

BBC NEWS | Health | Gene therapy 'hope' on impotence


And the official website of the company that is developing this therapy:

Ion Channel - Gene Transfer Therapy

[dario]

Thats good to know, I have to take 100mg does of viagra. The 50 mg did not do much for me anymore and I had no other option . If this gets approved soon I will have to check it out.

[Flavio]

Thats good to know, I have to take 100mg does of viagra. The 50 mg did not do much for me anymore and I had no other option . If this gets approved soon I will have to check it out.

Absolutely. Gene therapy may be effective in cases like this one:


«Results of a phase I trial testing gene transfer in 11 men with erectile dysfunction who had failed other therapy showed that gene transfer was safe and also had restorative effects.»

Gene Therapy May Treat Erectile Dysfunction


So, the big question is: when is this going to be available? Well:


«Based on these findings, Melman's group is moving on to new trials and hopes to have a product on the market within two years.»

Gene Therapy May Treat Erectile Dysfunction


2010 seems a bit too optimistic. They have just completed phase 1 of their test trials, so there are still two phases to go.