A gel that can cure male impotence has been invented by a British firm – and it works in a jiffy.
The rub-on potion vows to get things up and running in five to 10 minutes.
It contains just alcohol and water, and trials on 1,000 men across Europe have proved to be far from a flop.
Med3000 worked for 60 per cent of them – and the hard evidence has left scientists and doctors stunned that such a basic combination of ingredients could solve a problem for millions of men.
Experts at Guildford-based Futura Medical initially made a gel using explosive nitro glycerine, but it failed to detonate trialists’ love lives.
But alcohol, normally blamed for bedroom droops, did the trick. “You put a small blob of the gel on the end and rub it in for 15 seconds,” said Futura senior manager Ken James.
“First the user feels a cool sensation, then it warms up. In about a third of couples, the woman rubbed the gel in. We hope to get it approved this year.”
The firm hopes Med3000 will rival Viagra pills, which take at least an hour to act. “Our gel even works on severe erectile dysfunction,” said Ken. “There have been 12,000 acts of intercourse using it and it has been very well received.”
Prof David Ralph an impotence expert at University College London Hospital, said: “For some impotent men surgery offers a solution. But for most this gel should do the trick. It’s fascinating.”
