Doctors Warn Melanotan II Triggered 30-Hour Erection, Leaving 55-Year-Old With Erectile Dysfunction
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Updated · LADbible · Jun 2
Doctors Warn Melanotan II Triggered 30-Hour Erection, Leaving 55-Year-Old With Erectile Dysfunction
1 articles · Updated · LADbible · Jun 2
Summary
A 55-year-old man needed surgery after a 30-hour painful erection developed following a Melanotan II injection, with doctors later reporting new-onset erectile dysfunction at a 15-week follow-up.
The 2021 Miami case study said the man had used the tanning drug for more than 6 years and often got brief erections after injecting it, but this episode became acute ischemic priapism that did not resolve with initial treatment.
Cancer Research UK says Melanotan II products have not been tested for safety, quality or effectiveness, and notes that selling or supplying Melanotan injections is illegal in the UK.
Doctors and dermatologists say the unregulated 'Barbie drug' can also cause nausea, appetite loss, darkening of moles, sexual dysfunction and potentially more serious complications including kidney injury and skin cancer risk.