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Lidocaine to delay male orgasm

Lidocaine is now commonly used as a spray or cream applied to the head of the penis a few minutes before coitus to desensitize the penis and therefore prolong pleasure for the woman. I've yet to see if it makes any difference myself, but supposedly if applied long enough before sex (or used with a condom) it doesn't desensitise the woman.

There are many products containing Lidocaine available on the market, eg. http://www.sexualconfidence.co.uk.

Benzocaine is used to the same purpose, for example in the Durex Performa condom.

Lidocaine possible drug for treating long COVID

Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Research at VU Amsterdam shows that long COVID patients have significantly less symptoms when taking lidocaine.

https://vu.nl/en/news/2025/observational-study-of-a-lidocaine-based-treatment-for-long-covid — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcel van b (talk • contribs) 18:53, 11 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Lidocaine to delay male orgasm

Lidocaine possible drug for treating long COVID