Sex Questions from the Twittersphere: Sexual enhancement products in pill form: What’s your opinion on pills? Are they safe?

Question: Sexual enhancement products in pill form: What’s your opinion on pills such as ASP, MaxSize, Aurapur, etc? Are they safe?

It’s pretty impossible to know enough about the safety of such products, because for the most part these kinds of supplements aren’t overseen by any government agency. Since the safety and/or efficacy of even health-food staple supplements have recently been called into question by some large studies, and since you don’t always know all the ingredients in such supplements, I’d generally say proceed with some caution. Some of these have had more actual chem-lab genesis than others, so try to do your research about how they were developed.

Efficacy is another matter, and info here is also not clear. As is true of other so-called “aphrodisiacs,” some may increase your energy level, which may have an effect on your sexual energy or responsiveness; if you get a sexy buzz beyond what you’d get from a good Blue Bottle latte and it doesn’t give you hives, you can probably justify taking the product. But the placebo effect is strong with all these pills; the idea that you just popped something to get hot can actually *make* you hot. An if you’re really susceptible to the placebo effect, the fact that your asparagus spear looks like a little green cock will make you want to eat all your vegetables and then go straight (or kinkily) to bed.

Things that say they’ll make your penis grow? If your wallet is carried in your front pocket and it gets thinner, it will totally make your penis look bigger.

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