'Viagra Condom' Durex CSD500 Coming To Europe

A condom that helps men maintain erections is being developed by a British biotech company and if regulators approve it in Europe, the sexual device could pop up in the United States.

A gel inside the prophylactic increases blood flow to the male member. Participants in clinical trials said the rubber gave them firmer, bigger erections, according to Futura Medical, the company making the condom.

Leading condom-maker Durex is calling the invention the CSD500, though the the press has dubbed it the "Viagra condom."

The prophylactic's erection-enhancing powers inevitably led to comparisons with Viagra, the prescription medication made by Pfizer. But the two products are different.

Viagra gives a lift to men with erectile dysfunction who have trouble getting aroused, while the gel inside the CSD500 is designed to sustain men who report losing their enthusiasm after putting a condom on, Time reported.

European regulators are examining Futura's claims that this condom encourages safe sex and fights the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, the Wall Street Journal reported.

The gel doing the hard work inside the condom was inspired by the generic compound that treats angina by increasing blood flow to the heart.

The condom could be found bedside by the end of the year.

Comments

[Kim Visan]

04:37 PM on 05/13/2011

Protects! Erects! All good! But GOP will want it banned because they'll liken it to abortion!!!

[blasterofparis]

09:44 PM on 05/11/2011

Viagara Condom is not for everyone. Check with your doctor before using Viagra Condom and make sure it won't cause complications when mixed with your other medications. Viagara Condom may not be effective if your partner is severly unattractive. In rare cases people have reported serious side effects after using Viagra Condom, including but not limited to heart pain, lack of breathing, liver cancer, toenail fungus, shingles, gleek, rocking pneumonia and the boogie woogie death. Viagara Condom should not be used on women who are pregnant, nursing or may become pregnant. Do not drink and drive while wearing Viagara Condom.

[TrucosR4Ninos]

07:44 PM on 05/10/2011

To bad Jeff Gannon missed out on using it on the White house.

[gevan]

08:16 PM on 05/09/2011

All those Republican legislators have got to get on top of this threat to the American family unit right away.

[shthar]

08:57 PM on 05/09/2011

I think we've all learned by now, republican's will be on the bottom.