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There may be hope for men who suffer from premature ejaculation.

Patients with premature ejaculation who used a topical anesthetic spray were able to delay ejaculation for five times as long, according to a study in the February issue of the urology journal BJU International.

Researchers from the U.K. and Netherlands studied 54 men with premature ejaculation, randomly assigning them to a treatment and control group, according to a press release. Both groups reported that without any therapy they normally ejaculated an average of one minute after vaginal penetration.

"The men who were prescribed the TEMPE spray, which delivers a combination of lidocaine and prilocaine, managed to delay ejaculation by just under an extra four minutes after using the product," reported Professor Wallace Dinsmore from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.

He said that the control group, who were prescribed a placebo (dummy) spray, increased their penetration to ejaculation time by just over 40 seconds.

He said that overall, the TEMPE spray was 2.4 times more effective than the placebo.

The study focused on heterosexual couples who had been in a stable monogamous relationship for at least three months and were willing to attempt sexual intercourse on at least seven occasions during the 10-week study period.

Recruited from six hospitals and medical centers across the U.K. – Sheffield, Manchester, Durham, Plymouth, Belfast and London – and one in The Hague, the men were aged from 18 to 75, with an average age of 39, the press release said.

Time since diagnosis ranged from seven months to just less than 35 years, with an average of nine and a half years.

For the study, participants in the TEMPE group (Topical Eutectic Mixture for Premature Ejaculation) administered three metered sprays of the local anesthetic preparation to the glans of their p***s 15 minutes before intercourse. This delivered a total of 22.5mg of lidocaine and 7.5mg of prilocaine.

The placebo group was issued with an identical container that delivered a spray without any active ingredients. Both groups were advised not to use the spray more than once in any 24-hour period to avoid possible bias resulting from too frequent ejaculation. Participants were also issued with a stopwatch so that they, or their partner, could measure the time lapse between penetration and ejaculation.

Of the participants, 20 TEMPE users and 23 placebo users completed the study -- and 83 percent of all users found the spray easy to use.

The majority of the TEMPE users and their partners tolerated the spray well. Three men reported numbness in their p***s, one said he was unable to get an erection and one partner reported a mild burning sensation each time the spray was used, but continued with the treatment, the press release reported.

No adverse effects were found during patient safety checks, which included vital signs, physical findings, electrocardiograms, hematology, biochemistry and urine analysis.

The study said that currently only a small number of men with premature ejaculation seek or receive treatment from a healthcare professional and the lack of effective