# New gel for treating erectile dysfunction contains Glyceryl Trinitrate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 9, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411 "2016-09-09T03:20:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/1 "2016-09-09T03:20:25Z")
Adds a whole new meaning to **banging** :eek: > **[New erectile dysfunction GEL 'has the desired effect within minutes'](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3780191/Forget-Viagra-New-erectile-dysfunction-GEL-desired-effect-minutes.html)** > > British manufacturer, Futuru Medical, could be line to grab a share of a global market for erectile dysfunction treatments worth billions a year after successful trials of the treatment. I am **not** rubbing nitroglycerin on to my member, no matter how desperate I am for sex … ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/2 "2016-09-09T04:48:41Z")
Shrug, it’s long been in use for cardiac illnesses, those famous “nitro pills” people run for. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/3 "2016-09-09T05:01:14Z")
I always wondered if the “Nitroglycerin” in the pills was the same chemical in dynamite famous for making “Explosive Worker” both highly paid and with a really short life expectancy back when the Trans-Continental Railroad was built. Is it actually the same chemical, or are there more than one chemical structure that could use the name? ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/4 "2016-09-09T05:48:43Z")
Yep, and for that reason, working with gelignite gives you eadaches until you get adapted to it. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/5 "2016-09-09T07:41:22Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > I always wondered if the “Nitroglycerin” in the pills was the same chemical in dynamite … > > Is it actually the same chemical, or are there more than one chemical structure that could use the name? It is the same chemical. I do like how they delicately call it Glycerin Trinitrate, and not Nitroglycerin. And I am well aware of prior medical uses for Glycerin Trinitrate. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/6 "2016-09-09T12:34:00Z")
> [@si\_blakely](#): > > Adds a whole new meaning to **banging** :eek: > > [New erectile dysfunction GEL has the 'desired effect within minutes' | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3780191/Forget-Viagra-New-erectile-dysfunction-GEL-desired-effect-minutes.html) > > I am **not** rubbing nitroglycerin on to my member, no matter how desperate I am for sex … Jamie’s wife wants big boom. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/7 "2016-09-09T13:38:32Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > I always wondered if the “Nitroglycerin” in the pills was the same chemical in dynamite famous for making “Explosive Worker” both highly paid and with a really short life expectancy back when the Trans-Continental Railroad was built. Yes, it’s the same chemical, just diluted a lot more than the explosive form. It’s a lot like the way that dilute hydrogen peroxide is a simple, over the counter chemical disinfectant that no one thinks twice about having around, but concentrated hydrogen peroxide is an extremely scary substance that requires lots of specialized handing even for trained chemists, and is energetic enough to work as a rocket fuel if you can deal with the dangers. It makes about as much sense to worry about nitro pills or this gel exploding as it does to worry about a bottle of drug store hydrogen peroxide blowing up like an Me-163, but that doesn’t stop people. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/8 "2016-09-09T20:08:59Z")
Did you hear about he couple that tried Eroxon and anal sex on the same night? They assploded. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/9 "2016-09-09T20:51:13Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > It makes about as much sense to worry about nitro pills or this gel exploding as it does to worry about a bottle of drug store hydrogen peroxide blowing up like an Me-163, but that doesn’t stop people. That is true in a general sense, but nitro patches and defibrillators are apparently contra-indicated (Mythbusters notwithstanding). > **[The hazards of defibrillation through nitroglycerin patches - PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2122775/)** > > A case is presented in which defibrillation produced a small explosion in a nitroglycerin patch over which a paddle had been placed. Arcing of the electrical current from the aluminum backing on the patches was the likely cause, but arcing has also... But I wonder if the manufacturer could get Tom Jones to provide the music for the advertising: Sex Bomb ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-gel-for-treating-erectile-dysfunction-contains-glyceryl-trinitrate/765411/10 "2016-09-09T21:59:55Z")
> [@si\_blakely](#): > > That is true in a general sense, but nitro patches and defibrillators are apparently contra-indicated (Mythbusters notwithstanding). Why is there a ‘but’ in there? Your link doesn’t say that the nitroglycerin in medicine explodes like dynamite, instead it says that electricity arcs to metal backing on the patches and sometimes to the gel. That doesn’t have anything to do with the properties of nitroglycerin, but the properties of the metal in the patch or makeup of the gel. “Arcing of the electrical current from the aluminum backing on the patches was the likely cause, but arcing has also occurred with nitroglycerin ointment and electrode gel.”