Does it work at all?
Well over the last two weeks, we have conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial and this is what we found.
I've always had my doubts about most pharmaceuticals when outrageous claims are made for them by the people who make big profits. I've always thought people who take Viagra recreationally are foolish as well. On the one hand, if Viagra does work and you don't NEED it but take it for 'fun', if the day ever comes when you DO need it, it won't work; all the receptors will be blunted. But does it work psychologically? By which I mean 'ooh, I've taken that little blue lozenge, better fire up the jets'?
So what we did was this; being medical-minded and having taken part in medical trials before, we double-blinded it to prevent operator bias. We obtained one 50mg Viagra from an impeccable source and five identical placebo tablets. Mrs. Paul B took the Viagra, crushed it between two spoons and poured the contents into an envelope. She had taken a felt-tip pen and made a tiny mark in the innermost recesses of the envelope to determine this was the Viagra. She then took the five other tablets, crushed them and placed each one inside a separate envelope, no marks made. All envelopes sealed, I was then summoned to shuffle all the envelopes and write on the outside of each one Monday 1, Tuesday 1, Wednesday 1 and Monday 2, Tuesday 2, Wednesday 2. The contents of each envelope would be poured into a glass of water at 6pm on the appropriate day (week 1, week 2). This also removed the weekend's inevitable relaxation from the equation.
Having consumed each pill, I was required to keep a diary recording any, to express this in bald medical terms, 'betwitchering of the nether-breech region' on the corresponding day, if you know what I mean! On the Thursday of week two, we would then rip open the envelopes to discover which envelope mark revealed the day the actual Viagra was consumed.
Now I'm not going in to specific details but let's just say that this small test revealed to us that Viagra doesn't do what is being claimed for it. It transpired that the actual real McCoy was consumed on Tuesday of week 1 and comparing 'events' showed absolutely no difference between that day and the other days.
So there's my findings.
Well over the last two weeks, we have conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial and this is what we found.
I've always had my doubts about most pharmaceuticals when outrageous claims are made for them by the people who make big profits. I've always thought people who take Viagra recreationally are foolish as well. On the one hand, if Viagra does work and you don't NEED it but take it for 'fun', if the day ever comes when you DO need it, it won't work; all the receptors will be blunted. But does it work psychologically? By which I mean 'ooh, I've taken that little blue lozenge, better fire up the jets'?
So what we did was this; being medical-minded and having taken part in medical trials before, we double-blinded it to prevent operator bias. We obtained one 50mg Viagra from an impeccable source and five identical placebo tablets. Mrs. Paul B took the Viagra, crushed it between two spoons and poured the contents into an envelope. She had taken a felt-tip pen and made a tiny mark in the innermost recesses of the envelope to determine this was the Viagra. She then took the five other tablets, crushed them and placed each one inside a separate envelope, no marks made. All envelopes sealed, I was then summoned to shuffle all the envelopes and write on the outside of each one Monday 1, Tuesday 1, Wednesday 1 and Monday 2, Tuesday 2, Wednesday 2. The contents of each envelope would be poured into a glass of water at 6pm on the appropriate day (week 1, week 2). This also removed the weekend's inevitable relaxation from the equation.
Having consumed each pill, I was required to keep a diary recording any, to express this in bald medical terms, 'betwitchering of the nether-breech region' on the corresponding day, if you know what I mean! On the Thursday of week two, we would then rip open the envelopes to discover which envelope mark revealed the day the actual Viagra was consumed.
Now I'm not going in to specific details but let's just say that this small test revealed to us that Viagra doesn't do what is being claimed for it. It transpired that the actual real McCoy was consumed on Tuesday of week 1 and comparing 'events' showed absolutely no difference between that day and the other days.
So there's my findings.
