Penile Injections don't always work for me

I don;t have Prostate cancer, but this is the only thread I found that is talking about Penile Injections. I have performance ED, so doctor prescribed me injections. I'm using 30 g, 5/16 inch BD needles with Inject Easy injector. First several months, everything was OK and I was getting erection after injection. But last couple of months , maybe only 30% of injections work good, other times - no erection at all....
What can be an issue?

Dotcom welcome to the site. As i have not used this method yet, I would think you would be better to talk to your Urologist. It is possible the dosage needs increased. I have also had prostatis which in my case stopped an erection until it was cleared up. There will be other guys along the have used this method and will chime in.

I'm using mix of Papaverine , atrophine and ... i forgot the name....
The problem is not with dosage, as sometimes with the same dosage I have perfect erection for 2 hours or so , and sometimes nothing (and this is with medicine frm same bottle))

Yes, I used different sides, I injected when penis is flat or a bit erect...... same mixed results....
Yes, i'm useing BD ultra fine II 30g 5/16" syringes that I insert into Inject Ease (it's kinda semi-auto-injector).
Maybe I inject too shallow or too deep...hell knows....told it to doctor, he said that he has no idea why it's happening....

JeffM said...
Yeah, that's why I suggest skipping the injector and try it manually with only the syringe. That way you can control the needle exactly and only inject the meds when you know it's fully inserted.

Jeff

I tried it, it worked 1 time, but I'm really scared to inject with injector
btw, the solution I have contain:
chlorpromazin 1.923 mg
papaverine 17.5
atropine 0.23 m

I also did a research about it and found:
Chlorpromazine is an aliphatic phenothiazine that is indicated for the treatment of a variety of conditions ranging from nausea anxiety, schizophrenia, and hiccups. Chlorpromazine was discovered back in 1951 and it was quickly adopted by the mental health society because it has very powerful effects on numerous neurotransmitter channels. It was considered the greatest advancement in psychiatric health in the 20th century. An alpha1 adrenoceptor blocking agent which forms one of the elements of Chlorpromazine’s psychiatric profile is what made this medication a natural subject in the investigation of its efficiency in the management of Erectile Dysfunction, surprisingly substantial data has proved that it is very effective in managing Erectile Dysfunction and reducing the side effects from Phentolamine. You can also combine it with other treatment agents to form even more powerful medications.
https://absoluterx.com/erectile-dysfunction/

Chlorpromazine has been shown to be a useful substitute for phentolamine when used in combination with PGE1 [ 22]; 163 patients followed for a 2-year period had the PGE1/phentolamine mixture substituted for PGE1/chlorpromazine, with no difference in response in 156. In another study, 148 of 175 men (85%) responded fully to a combination of papaverine and chlorpromazine [ 23]. A mixture of papaverine, PGE1 and phentolamine was just as potent when the phentolamine was substituted with chlorpromazine. The advantage of the alpha-blocker chlorpromazine over phentolamine is the reduced cost of the drug.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1464-410x.1998.00600.x/full

I;m going to Ontario Men's health clinic and they have very good reviews

dotcom:

I'd like to second the ditch-the-autoinjector idea. It sounds like you are not always injecting into the erectile chambers and there are things you can try that might help but can't be done while using the autoinjector.

The tissue inside the erectile chambers is a bit like a sponge -- a matrix filled with interconnected holes. (If you like technical terms you can call the holes "lacunae" which is a fancy-schmancy medical word meaning "holes".) What you want to do with your injection is to hit one of the holes and inject into that. If the end of your needle winds up in the matrix material between the holes it is difficult to inject and when you do inject it will sometimes form a pocket between the holes where the drugs are useless. Sometimes you can feel the pocket as a lump.

There are two ways to make sure you are injecting into the right place. Some guys pull back the plunger slightly before they push it in. If you are in the right place you will be able to draw a little bit of blood into the syringe. An easier, and less gory, way to tell that you are in the right place is to simply not push the plunger very hard. If you feel resistance then you are probably trying to inject into the interstitial tissues (outside the holes). If either of these tests tells you you are in the wrong spot you can either try again somewhere else (yes, a second stab... sorry) of you can press the hub of the needle more tightly against the skin to advance the needle an eighth of an inch and try again.

I think you can see why this would all be impossible with the autoinjector.

It is important to alternate sides. If you inject too often in the same place you can form scar tissue that increases your odds of missing the holes.

Good luck.

I used an auto injector at first but did not have good results. When I do it manually I can feel the needle penetrate the corpus cavernosum.

OK, 1 time did injection manually and it worked.... will see how it's going next time