subject: The Rise of Herbal Supplements for Improved Male Performance and Stamina [print this page] The recent invention by the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer of their now legendary blue pill has revolutionised male sexual health and the way in which men view and approach sexual problems. All men - without exception - sometimes find rising to the occasion impossible, however willing the mind may be, and for a few unlucky tens of millions of men worldwide those occasions when they are able to meet demand are in the minority. Almost overnight (or so it now seems in retrospect) a solution became available, and demand for this new product soared.
Unfortunately (and as any man who has recently checked his email will confirm) rip-offs and copycats sprang up almost overnight, filling the internet with generic' products that claim to be the real deal. Whilst some of these products may contain amounts of the desired substance and even work', because they are produced by poorly regulated chemists with less than stringent quality controls the final product can contain almost anything. Indeed, some manufacturers or middlemen suppliers cut' their product with bulking agents to get more value for money. Sometimes these agents are harmless foodstuffs such as flour or glucose, often they are chemical agents such as by-products from the manufacturing process that can be harmful.
Of course the production of illegal male performance drugs is just a small part of the much wider problem of illegal pharmaceutical production and supply, but what is true for one part of the picture holds true for the whole painting. For example, when a consignment of illegally manufactured painkillers seized by British border officials was chemically analysed, the pills were found to be almost twenty percent rat poison, with just ten percent of the active ingredient and a few other choice chemicals making up the rest.
For fairly obvious reasons, all industrialised nations regulate their drug industries and control (as much as possible) their citizens' access to pharmaceutical products. It is though unfortunately easy in this globalised world for an unscrupulous company or even an individual to order large quantities of almost any synthetic chemical you can imagine from industrial chemists in (say) China, India or other semi-developed nations with less stringent regulations than those in place in the West.
So, whilst these illegal distributors are frequently caught and prosecuted, and have their websites taken down, the lucrative nature of this market will likely always attract new people to take their place, and we are unlikely to see a great deal of progress in this area until such time as the industrialising nations are better equipped and willing to firmly regulate their chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
Of course, it is not just pharmaceuticals companies and suppliers regulated or otherwise that have benefited in the wake of Pfizer's invention. The natural health industry had been marketing certain herbs and their extracts as effective libido and performance enhancers for years, and though a small market, it had been expanding year on year thanks to some effective online marketing campaigns.
Pfizer's invention and the subsequent explosion in interest about male performance have benefited the natural health market enormously. Because herbal supplements avoid the stringent regulations imposed upon pharmaceutical products, manufacturers are free to promote and sell their products, and attempt to out-compete providers of illegal pharmaceuticals online.
In several cases they are able to draw upon scientific evidence that supports their assertions that some of these herbs are as effective as the pharmaceutical products they compete with, and the growing popularity of herbal remedies and supplements in general means that more people are prepared to consider the possibility that the claims made by herbalists may actually have some merit.
Now a large range of herbal male performance enhancing supplements are available, usually containing extracts of Tongkat ali, Tribulus terrestris, Horny Goat Weed, maca, oatstraw and other herbs renowned for their libido enhancing properties. This market is expanding and is already eating into the market share of illegal pharmaceuticals suppliers. It is to be hoped that this trend will continue, and that the supply of these potentially harmful chemicals will be reduced as a result.
The Rise of Herbal Supplements for Improved Male Performance and Stamina
