Originally Posted by: Online Community MemberApparently there is an 'antidote' to the dreadful effects if it goes wrong but it is only available in A&E so I should have the last appointment in the clinic in case I need an A&E trip (now that would be an embarrassing A&E visit!!)
We have been in that situation - 2am with an erection that had lasted more than 4 hours. J had tried cold showers, frozen peas, walking up & down the stairs, a walk round the block ... nothing was moving it at all so off we went. Fortunately for us, our ED nurse gives men a letter to take to A&E with them in this situation - it explains the medication and what needs to be done so all we had to do was hand the letter over to the receptionist on arrival. Did she have a little smirk to herself - yes, John swears she did but at least we didn't have to start trying to explain while everyone else in the waiting room listens in! The letter stated that A&E staff need to call for the on call urologist - we had to wait at least an hour for him to come in from home (no sleep for the wicked) and when he arrived, the erection was still solid so he advised that they would be inserting a long needle to draw some blood off. The shock factor seems to have had the desired effect as the erection started to ease and, in the end, no treatment was necessary. They did write in J's medical notes that he must not be prescribed the injections in future but our lovely urologist took a different view and gave J a private prescription for the antidote in case it ever happened again.
What came out of it in our house was that J will not use the injections or tablets in the evening - the thought of another night time trip is too much. As a result, all of our sex is in the afternoons!
More recently, I have seen on here that Sudofed can help if an erection is going on for too long. That may be true but I hope all men are aware that a priapism (prolonged erection over 4 hours) is a medical emergency which can cause permanent damage so they must go to A&E.
In that context, I am so pleased that your ED team are on the ball and thinking about what they can do to best support you. Fingers crossed for you that Invicorp is the answer!