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Venom from world's deadliest spider could cure erectile dysfunction within 20 minutes
Daily Mail ^ | 07:08 EST, 29 August 2012 | Pat Hagan

Posted on 08/29/2012 9:38:59 PM PDT by null and void

It sounds like a most unlikely aphrodisiac. But scientists have discovered the venom from what’s considered the world’s deadliest spider could be the secret to bolstering a man’s love life.

Toxins produced by the Brazilian Wandering Spider, or Phoneutria nigriventer, appear to combat erectile dysfunction within 20 minutes of entering the body.

Tests carried out on rats show the venom boosts performance by increasing the release of nitric oxide, a chemical that dilates blood vessels and improves blood flow. This is similar to how existing impotence drugs work.


In tests on rats the spider's toxin boosted erections by triggering the release of nitric oxide

It is also known as the banana spider because of its habit of stowing away in shipments of the fruit.

Although drugs such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra have revolutionised treatment in the last ten years, around 30 per cent of men who take them see no improvement.

For these men, the only other options are to inject drugs straight into the penis, or use a pump that manually increases blood supply to the organ. Neither is very popular.

Researchers from Brazil and the US extracted the toxin, called PnTx2-6, from the deadly venom and injected it into rats which had age-related erectile dysfunction.

They found the toxin boosted erections by triggering the release of nitric oxide, which boosts circulation in the male genitals by helping blood vessel walls relax.

In a report on their findings, published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the researchers said: ‘The decrease in erectile function associated with age was partially restored 15 to 20 minutes after injection with PnTx2-6.’

Brazilian scientists first became interested in the deadly spider’s ability to boost sexual performance when victims of bites reported major improvements in their sex lives.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: amazon; brazil; erectiledysfunction; phoneutria
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...then you die. Happy.
1 posted on 08/29/2012 9:39:04 PM PDT by null and void
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2 posted on 08/29/2012 9:40:16 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1318 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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Hey Mr Tallyman,
tally me banana,
spider...


3 posted on 08/29/2012 9:41:20 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1318 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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So glad I don’t work in an ER so I won’t have to look at people with spider bites on their dicks.


4 posted on 08/29/2012 9:42:10 PM PDT by dangus
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>> They found the toxin boosted erections by triggering the release of nitric oxide

Not nitrous oxide as in hot rod...


5 posted on 08/29/2012 9:43:05 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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I didn’t think rigormortus worked so fast or had those effects


6 posted on 08/29/2012 9:44:15 PM PDT by chiller (GO TEA, especially in the Senate and WE will fix this mess.)
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I'm not impressed.


7 posted on 08/29/2012 9:44:41 PM PDT by I see my hands (It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
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Name for the product ===> Stiffy Lube.


8 posted on 08/29/2012 9:45:55 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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Right? There’s no erectile dysfunction because you’re dead.


9 posted on 08/29/2012 9:46:40 PM PDT by snarkytart
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20 minutes? It kills you that fast, eh?


10 posted on 08/29/2012 9:47:37 PM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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Maybe that's why the worlds deadliest spider is in Brazil, not enough doctors in those jungles for a guy to get to within four hours if bitten.
11 posted on 08/29/2012 9:48:45 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Intellect is not wisdom" -- Thomas Sowell)
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I’d like to hear the radio ad for that one: “Side effects include death.”


12 posted on 08/29/2012 9:49:33 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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No worries, after the 4-hour erection... it falls off!


13 posted on 08/29/2012 9:49:33 PM PDT by Cyber Ninja
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There’s a spider outside my home office window, that I think is gonna take my 410 to dispatch! It;s so big, it;s freakin’ me out!


14 posted on 08/29/2012 9:49:51 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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“...could cure ....”

Might?

Hopey?

Changey!

No thanky


15 posted on 08/29/2012 9:49:56 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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depending on when rigor mortis set in . . .


16 posted on 08/29/2012 9:50:47 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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20 minutes on the beach in Rio ought to be able to accomplish the same goal, and without any medications;))


17 posted on 08/29/2012 9:51:28 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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That has me laughing out loud. I’m going to have go tell my husband. I needed a good laugh, thank you.


18 posted on 08/29/2012 9:52:30 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Take a pitchur and share first, please?


19 posted on 08/29/2012 9:53:15 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1318 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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Arachnarect


20 posted on 08/29/2012 9:53:52 PM PDT by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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