Xiaflex led to an almost 30 percent average improvement

Men suffering from the extremely uncomfortable and unpleasant Peyronie's disease may be able to benefit from a new medication called Xiaflex. The drug which was recently given the green light by the Food & Drug Administration in America was specifically approved for the treatment of claw hand which is an illness that causes bent and crooked fingers.

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals that has been given the licence to market the Xiaflex drug said that despite clinical trials showing the benefit of Xiaflex injections for men suffering from Peyronie's disease they would not be at this point encouraging its use for the condition. The clinical trials showed that injections of Xiaflex led to an almost 30 percent average improvement in the curvature of the penile shaft when compared with placebo injections.

Peyronie's disease is a very real and serious health condition which occurs in around two percent of men. In some cases it is very mild but if it gets worse it can cause painful erections and ultimately erectile dysfunction. Obviously trying to have sex with a bent penis is difficult if not impossible.

Because of the very embarrassing nature of this condition many men don’t come forward for treatment.  Peyronie's disease can however be treated and it is important that men try and get some help sooner rather than later and before the curvature of their penis becomes too pronounced. The longer they leave it the more difficult to treatment will be.

In the same way that men don’t like to talk about and get treatment for erectile dysfunction they often avoid admitting that they have a problem with a curved penis for years. At Ukmedix News we have heard of cases of men who had learned to live with erectile dysfunction for decades before coming forward and getting a prescription for one of the erectile dysfunction drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra.