Orgasm Question

One question I have always had about the big O: More money has been spent by mankind trying to achieve it than has (probably) been spent on war (another favorite male activity). Think of the books, movies, how-to manuals written for the express purpose of (a) getting into a situation which might result in having one, and (b), once having the opportunity to have one, making it as intense as possible. Well, we all know that what we experience is due to the release of chemicals in the brain, almost the same as the rush that a heroin user experiences on shooting up. So why don’t our pharmaceutical giants find a way to induce it with a pill? Seems like this would solve most of the problems of the human race. And, such a drug would sell like hotcakes-I predict the firm that comes out with it will soon rival Microsoft. To all you biochemists out there-just how hard would it be to make a “Big O” in pill form?

I’ll field this one as a guy who currently works for a pharmaceutical company. There are certain drugs already out that are known to heighten the intensity of an orgasm as a side effect already, so problem #1 is people who desperate want the “BIG O” will seek out these drugs and use them for it’s non-intended purpose.

Problem #2, who the hell would really buy this drug? Don’t forget that it would be presciption first and the company that makes it would look to recoup their research costs which gets ugly in terms of reimbursements in a managed care environment. Just look at all the problems with Viagra in this regard.

Problem #3 - it’s all in your head. Most people have orgasms of varying intensity already and so you run into the placebo/ nocebo problems Cecil has talked about in past columns. That is, maybe the drug will work because you believe it does, and maybe it won’t because you believe it doesn’t.

Problem #4 - Who wants the headache? Asside from the bad press you’d get working on such a goofball drug, you’d have a lot of problems with people who…um…might hurt themselves on such a compound. That is to say, I’ve had orgasms myself that were so intense my scrotum ached afterwards, and I thought I was going to fall unconscious. Had I been on your mystery drug at the time, would it have caused a heart attack? A lot of lawyers would be signing up to sue you when their clients died from intense orgasms.

Also, er… Why pay for a phenomenon that most people can reproduce for free?

eg, I don’t think you put enough thought into this.

I vaguely recall William S. Burroughs citing some source about the similarity between an orgasm and a certain preferred drug of his. Both “depressed the lower brain” or something like that. Probably a more modern comparison would be the release of dopamine that orgasms share with many recreational drugs and alchohol.

The Big Bill’s synthetic orgasm of choice?

Heroin. Now go have fun, kid.

Jay Leno said they were creating a pill that could make women orgasm. Have no idea what happened to it.

You can make a guy orgasm by sticking an electrical prod up his butt. Doesn’t seem to be much market for that.

Well, back in my rebel days, I found a drug rather similiar to that. Ecstacy. I guess it releases tons and tons of Seretonin, a neuro-transmitter, all at once, instead of slowly…

Most people describe it as “the best day of their life”.

On top of having more self-confidence, feeling like you love everything and everyone, being able to think clearer (clearer, yes, deeper… no… you might just think, “The answer to all the worlds problems is that everyone needs to love each other!” and think it’s profound), candy tasting better than ever, and really really wanting to dance, everytime someone touches you (back massage, puts you on their back and spin around, whatever…) it feels really really really friggin’ good.

But, then a week-or-so latter, your mind being chemically depletted of Seretonin, a lot of people get seriously depressed for long amounts of time. Not just, “Man, I’m having a bad day.” More like, “Who am I? Why am I here? I want to cry…” feelings for long amounts of time…

Oh… then there’s the possibility of neuro-toxcity. They haven’t finished studying that yet.

Oh yeah, and there’s also the fact that you’re buying your pill from some guy who made it in his kitchen. Who knows what’s in it or if it’s even E.

Drugs are fun, contrary to most drug-education programs. But, drugs are bad.

Is the War on Drugs really doing America a good thing?

that was off-topic… wasn’t it?

I believe he followed that up with, “Women have orgasms?”

egkelly wrote:

Uh, I don’t mean to get personal, egkelly, but you haven’t, you know… been waiting on somebody to invent a pill have you? I mean, not to make too fine a point of it, it’s possible to take matters into your own hands, as it were.

There is an orgasm pill sold in europe–cant remember the name of it or the company that makes it. I’ll let you know when I come across it

{{{There is an orgasm pill sold in europe…>snip<…I’ll let you know when I come across it}}}—siva

:::snicker:::

I’ve obviously been awake too long.


Kalél
Common ¢ for all ages…
“If ignorance is bliss, you must be orgasmic.”
“Well, there was that thing with the Cheese-Wiz…but I’m feeling much better now!” – John Astin, Night Court

Actually I think that orgasms flood the brain with endorphins.

I love endorphins.

en•dor•phin \en-"dor-fen\ noun [ISV endogenous + morphine] (1976)
: any of a group of proteins with potent analgesic properties that occur naturally in the brain — compare enkephalin

©1996 Zane Publishing, Inc. and Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. All rights reserved.

:::yawns:::

Oh yah!!! :stuck_out_tongue:

Heck, why rely on something as glitchy and awkward as a pharmaceutical? Have your doctor insert an electrostimulation apparatus that will stick a couple microvolts into the pleasure centers of your brain? They did this to rats in the lab and they’d quit eating in order to spend all their time hitting the “do me again” lever until they starved to death. (or maybe that’s an urban legend, who knows?)


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No, the electrode thing isn’t an urban legend. I don’t know if rats starved themselves to death, but they did find that rats were willing to walk across an electrified grid in order to press the button again.

They also did it on a few humans. It was touted as a possible cure for depression at one time, but later abandoned. I recall seeing a filmed interview with a woman who was connected and she (rather obliquely–this was the '50s or ‘60s’)describes it as being like an orgasm.

Yeah, cher3, it’s called Shock Theraphy.

Better living through electricity…