Would you believe “it only hurts for a little while?” According to EverydayHealth.com, one study found that about four out of every 10 men reported fleeting pain in the penis after injection. Attesting to the effectiveness and ease of administration of penile injection therapy, that same study found that only a handful of men stopped using the therapy.
Some men on this therapy reported that injecting the medication slowly helps to minimize the discomfort. What generally surprises those who’ve never used this therapy is the fact that it’s self-administered, at least after the first few injections that your doctor or urologist will perform in order to establish the level of medication you’ll need to achieve an erection.
Another way to minimize the pain is to use an auto-injector, a spring-loaded device that inserts the needle (fairly tiny, by the way) very quickly and with a minimum of discomfort.