Libidus vs. Viagra is an ongoing read. Please bear with me as I make occasional updates to this peice.
No doubt about it, Viagra (sildenafil citrate) is a great drug regarding erections. Pills, gel, ect., makes no difference. You take the proper dosage, and whammy, about an hour later Mr. erection rears its best head.
There are no guarantees of the above with Libidus or pure Tongkat Ali. You would have to take it for a certain period of time. However with time come the added benefits of an overall improvement to your sex life: better libido, and because of increased excitability, better erections, and better orgasms.
If I take an adequate dosage of Viagra (100 mg) I can have sex with a woman whom I'm not really attracted to. Obviously, I can have sex with her because I have an erection - which doesn't mean that I necessarily would enjoy it. Actually, there are quite a few folks that can achieve an erection without a woman around and without having sexual fantacies just by auto-stimualtion for a minute or two.
So, if the issue is simple plumbing - increased penile inflow, reduced penile outflow, then Viagra is the appropriate drug of choice. But if good sex is the isssue, Viagra fails the test. Sex without desire just doesn't cut it for most of us. Thus, Viagra for easy erections and Libidus/Tongkat Ali for desire.
Unbeknownst to most, orgasms are an issue of sexual wiring. Not of sexual plumbing.
Physiologically, they are marked by a sudden dominance of the sympathetic nervous system, while during arousal (and the erective state), the parasympathetic nerves system ruled.
Sympathetic nerve impulses, whether in context with an orgasm or caused by other events (alertness, nervousness, fear, panicking, or simply stress), are always anti-arousal and anti-erectile. This is why men who are afraid of not generating an automatic erection when with a woman begin a vicious circle: they are concerned about not achieving a solid, dependable erection, which puts the sympathetic nervous system in command, and because the sympathetic nervous system is in command, they will be even less likely to have an erection. Then comes the panic, which can't be alleviated even when on 200 mg of Viagra.
Naturally, if we take Viagra about an hour before being sex, it's likely that we will begin with a reliable erection, which in turn gives us self-confidence (which supports the parasympathetic nervous system). This gives us the confidence we need to maintain an erection.
Sounds pretty rosy, right? Sadly, not quite so.
The reason for this assessment (which will surely sound strange to a great many readers): if you over-emphasize the parasympathetic nervous system, then your sympathetic nervous system will be depressed, or at least handicapped. And this means: your orgasmic capacity will be diminished.
Many of you, including myself, began sexual enhancement tests with yohimbine. That is an alpha adrenergic receptor blocker, especially in the pelvic area. Alpha adrenergic receptors are a major gateway for sympathetic tone in the abdomen (sympathetic tone can be caused either directly by sympathetic nerve impulses, or by adrenaline (epinephrine), released from the adrenal medullas upon sympathetic stimulation). If you block pelvic alpha adrenergic receptors, you minimize any effect the sympathetic nervous system (directly or via the release of adrenaline) can exert in this part of the body.
So, you get increased digestive activity (yohimbine is a powerful laxative), and easy erections.
But unsatisfying orgasms.
I remember one such incident with a reader, who, after having taken some 40 milligrams of yohimbine, waltzed around for hours with a mighty erection in his pants. You can imagine how horny when he was whenhe met with one of his girlfriends!
But, as stated, his orgasm was a non-event.
Viagra is not quite as bad. It's also not quite as good for erections. But Viagra, many have found, robs us of orgasmic intensity.
Many can do without Viagra when with a woman who has good sexual techniques at her disposal. Without Viagra (but on Libidus/tongkat ali), erections may not be as quick as they are on Viagra, or on a combination of Viagra and Libidus/tongkat ali. Solid erections often require some kind of manual stimulation of one's penis. However, I and many others can wonderful sex, and a terrific erection, for a longer time when on Libidus/tongkat ali. Moreover, men with premature ejaculation problems benefit from tongkat ali, too. Many readers of my columns have reported the most powerful orgasms of their lives with Libidus/Tonkgat Ali.
Not surprisingly, I consider Libidus/tongkat ali to be superior to Viagra, and not primarily because of the different efficacies.
First and foremost, I regard Libidus/tongkat ali as superior to Viagra because Libidus/tongkat ali is a natural substance, and Viagra (sildenafil citrate) is a xenobiotic.
The primary difference between natural substances and xenobiotics is that natural substances have been part of the environment for perhaps millions of years. If we do our research, we find that all life forms on earth are somehow related to each other. Indeed, Testosterone is a masculinizing hormone not just in humans, but in all mammals. And the nervous systems of humans and chickens, and of humans and fish, are organized in basically the same way (based on ion channels, which open for impulse conduction).
Obvioiusly, some natural substances are toxic to some life forms. Just so, all life forms are specifically adapted to a very large number of chemical substances that are part of their environment.
Xenobiotics are engineered chemicals that are not part of the natural environment of any life form but are "borrowings" of those natural substances. While xenobiotics may have an effect on some conditions or diseases, it can safely be assumed that almost always, they will somehow negatively affect homeostasis. The negative effects may only show after years of use, and they may appear in an unexpected context. But they are real, and with enough research, they can be traced.
A very common side effect of xenobiotics is that they are carcinogenous. Or that they interfere with sexual function. Only recently, it has been discovered that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (which has been used by millions for many, many years) significantly increase the risk of heart attacks. And dopaminergics such as bromocriptine and cabergoline can, when taken for years, cause pleural thickening, thus making pulmonary respiration a painful exercise. Who would want this?
I have to laugh when so-called life extensionists or "experts" of anti-aging medicine advocate a regimen of a whole assortment of xenobiotic pharmaceutical products. Xenobiotic pharmaceutical products are indicated in the treatment of certain medical conditions for which they can bring clear relief. They are not suited for a long-term strategy to improve overall health. Which is why most xenobiotic pharmaceuticals rightly are prescription drugs. They are useful only in a relatively narrow sense, and while I grant that educated non-physicians can make an informed choice on their use, a great many other people should better only use them on the advice of a MD because their unrealistic expectations will likely not be met by the drug.
The latest trend in pharmaceutical advertising (e.g. on the Internet) is that the drug companies target the consumer directly by suggesting that patients request certain medications from their doctors. The net effect of such advertising is that many misguided consumers will bypass their physicians to purchase these drugs. Outside of North America and Western Europe, prescription laws are seldom enforced, so US and European citizens on holiday often use stock up when traveling abroad. Furthermore, even US citizens can buy whatever medications they want from overseas sources such as Masters Marketing in the UK, or from online Mexican pharmacies.
Prolonged use of xenobiotics is incorrect thinking for a long-term improvement of one's health. Proper strategies are based on the avoidance of influences that impair one's health, on proper nutrition, and on the use of herbal supplement (which are a form of nutrition, e.g. the consumption of green tea for problems of alertness, or brazil nuts to guard against a variety of cancers, or Libidus/tongkat ali for sexual function).
Sildenafil citrate is an engineered xenobiotic. And while sildenafil citrate definitely works in achieving erections, it is not a med that would be indicated for day-to-day use to improve one's overall health. Which is why the Viagra package insert (which had to be approved by the FDA) clearly states that the drug is not for everyday use.
If the aim is a long-term overall improvement of sexual health and sexual capacity, then our best option still is Libidus/tongkat ali. It has been used in Southeast Asia for thousands of years, and it has been part of the human Southeast Asian habitat for millions of years, so in one way or another, our ancestors have always been exposed to it, and adaptation has occurred. While the effects of Libidus/tongkat ali may not be as dramatic as the effects of Viagra on a single-use basis, Libidus/tongkat ali is superior to Viagra because it is suited for a long-term strategy to improve sexual health.
Now, then, below you'll find my source for generic ED drugs. Why do I give them to you when I so firmly believe in Libidus/Maxidus? Well, folks, if you've read the Libidus/Maxidus Blog or forum, you'll know that I do a Libidus/Maxidus cocktail; that is, I do 50mg of an ED drug in tandem with Libidus/Maxidus. The good news? I NEVER fail!
