this is a bottle of the erectile dysfunction medication Viagra also known as sophilos rub on the penis as an alternative option for erectile dysfunction and as you can see it's called a roxon stim gel and this was recently FDA approved for erectile dysfunction and is also available over the counter which means unlike selenop you don't need a prescription to get it so today we're going to talk about if this gel actually works how it compares to selenophile and tadalfil tadalfil being seis we'll also discuss the pros and cons between the two and who may want to consider trying this new gel and of course have a quick review on how erections are supposed to work in the first place so let's do this an erection is triggered by the stimulation of highly sensitive mechano receptors that are located within the tip of the penis called the glands penis and as an FYI glands just means Acorn which for any of you that have ever seen the glands before which is probably most of you if not all of you you can see why this name actually makes sense but the erection can also be triggered by stimulation from the brain or a combination of the two the stimuli then cause nerve fibers from the parasympathetic division of your nervous system to send a signal into the erectile tissues of the penis which we are going to review right now by looking at the erectile tissues within the actual penis so everyone you have been warned this is a cross-section through the body of the penis and you can see one cylindrical body below and two cylindrical bodies on top the one below is called the Corpus spongiosum and this is a more spongy erectile tissue that the urethra passes through the two erectile tissue bodies on top are called the corpora cavernosa and these as you can see are a more cavernous erectile tissue with spaces or sinuses that we are about to learn are going to quickly fill with blood so remember I said that after stimulation of the glands Andor the brain signals from the parasympathetic nerve fibers will reach the erectile tissues and this then causes nitric oxide to be released within those tissues nitric oxide is a powerful vasodilator meaning it will cause the arteries of the penis to dilate or expand which increases the blood flow to the penis specifically to the corpora cavernosa or that cavernous erectile tissue and once the blood flows in this will result in an erection now one last thing before I get into how a Oxon gets involved in this process as far as the changes in blood flow that we have discussed this is one of the most rapid changes in blood flow that can occur within the human body and because of this a person can go from flaccid to fully erect in as little as 5 to 10 seconds that's quite the impressive physiological response but real quick I want to take a second to say thank you to the sponsor of today's video ag1 ag1 is a foundational nutrition supplement that I've been drinking every day for years now it's made with 75 High high quality Whole Food 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their routine so if you're interested go to drink a1.com humananatura scan the QR code to get a free welcome kit that includes the canister Shaker vitamin D3 plus K2 and five ag1 travel packets and as always we'll also include that link and the information in the description below how does a roxson this new topical gel actually work well what you're supposed to do is massage the gel onto the glands for 15 seconds just prior to intercourse how much well let's find out they say just one of these small little tubes and I'll show you up close here but let's actually see what this stuff looks like open it up here poke the hole anything coming out ah a p sized amount so two things here to put the gelon you actually rubbing it onto the glands which that alone will stimulate those sensory nerve receptors but once the gel is on and how they claim it's supposed to work is that it causes a rapid cooling followed by a gradual warming but you could think of this as creating an additional or stronger stimulus to the glands with the idea that this will more powerfully stimulate the natural erectile responses sending a stronger signal through those parasympathetic nerve fibers to release that Nitric oxides to cause the erection so now that we know how the gel is supposed to work or its mechanism of action what do the studies say does it actually help people to get an erection and how does it compare to the effectiveness of the tried and true selenop and tadalfil so what does the current research say about aroon is it actually effective well one of the clinical trials referred to as FM 71 selected about 100 men and placed half of them into an orxon group and the other half into a tadalfil group during the initial four weeks of the trial they had to first attempt intercourse on at least four different occasions in order to establish the severity of their erectile dysfunction or in other words to get a base Baseline of their erectile dysfunction and then they were either classified as mild moderate or severe they were then treated with the oral medication to dill or the aroon gel for 24 weeks and then they were reassessed it was found that 61% of men using aroon had Improvement in erectile function across all spectrums of severity from that mild moderate or severe it also demonstrated a rapid onset of action of 10 minutes there was also another study called the fm57 that used a thousand people which found similar results except this one compared a roxon to a placebo which is important because there is definitely a psychological component to erectile dysfunction and people have had improvements in erectile dysfunction just by using placebos so having a statistically significant improvement over the placebo voted well for a roxon but I do think it is also worth mentioning some pros and cons and doing a little bit of a comparison to the traditional oral medications selenophile and tadalfil a pro of a roxon is that it has that fast onset of action whereas with selenop and tadalfil you need to take it about 60 minutes prior to having intercourse in order to give it time for it to really kick in also because a roxon is topical and due to the nature of its ingredients you are less likely to have any major systemic side effects whereas something that is ingested and circulates throughout the body like sanhil and tadalfil some people can experience side effects such as headaches flushing of the skin hypotension just to name a few however even though or roxon was effective for 61% of individuals to dalil was shown to be more effective with nearly 87% having Improvement in erectile dysfunction and there are plenty of people where they don't experience many of the side effects of selenop or tadalfil or at least the side effects don't bother them much but it is important to keep in mind that some people do have contraindications to selenophile and tofil meaning they may not be able to take it because of certain health conditions or other medications they may be on such as nitrates but this is one of the reasons why these are prescription medic medications rather than over the counter so that possible contraindications can be addressed with your medical provider another thing to consider with the rockson is the cost I purchased this on Amazon for $13.24 and it came with a whopping eight tubes or doses which is not very many doses whereas selenop I actually just checked on my gorx discount app you can get about 30 tablets from anywhere from $12 to $20 so bringing this all together a roxon could be something worth trying if you haven't done well on selenop or tadalfil you don't like the side effects or maybe you have some of those contraindications or maybe you just want to have a little bit more spontaneity 10 minutes to kick in versus 60 Minutes might help you to have a little bit more rambunctious random at the drop of the Hat quitus thanks for watching everyone if you're interested in ag1 that info is in the description below and if you're interested in learning more about erections such as female erections we'll link that here over on this side somewhere and of course we'll see you next time