What is Aronix?
Aronix is a branded, prescription-free treatment for erectile dysfunction (ED) - a common condition that can make it difficult for men to achieve a strong enough erection for sex. It contains the active ingredient sildenafil (the same one that’s used in Viagra), but where Viagra is available in three doses: 25mg, 50mg and 100mg, Aronix only comes in a 50mg dose.
There’s a couple of reasons for this. One is that it’s usually considered the ‘go-to’ dose (because it provides a good balance of potency and side effects), and the other is that it offers an alternative to Viagra Connect - Viagra’s prescription-free 50mg treatment.
Like Viagra Connect, you take it around an hour before you plan to have sex, and it lasts in your system for around four to five hours.
How does Aronix work?
When you become aroused, your body produces a chemical called cGMP that causes the muscles in and around your penis to relax, allowing increased blood-flow into your penis and giving you an erection. Your body also has a counter-process, though, which works to return your penis back to its normal state when you lose arousal. This happens because of the enzyme PDE5, which breaks down cGMP and reduces the blood-flow into your penis.
When you have an erection, it’s because the amount of cGMP in your system is more than the enzyme PDE5 can break down. But sometimes, due to factors that can vary from person to person, your body isn’t able to supply enough cGMP to your penis to negate the action of PDE5.
Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Aronix, works by lessening the action of PDE5. This can help you to achieve and maintain an erection despite having less cGMP than you’d normally need to.
It doesn’t completely stop the action of PDE5, though. When you lose sexual stimulation or arousal, you’ll probably still lose your erection.
What doses of Aronix are there?
Aronix is only available as a 50mg treatment, of which you should take no more than one tablet per day. If you feel like the 50mg dose of sildenafil in Aronix isn’t giving you the results you wanted, you might need to get a prescription for the stronger dose of either Viagra or generic sildenafil. Alternatively, you can also get lower doses of either of the above if Aronix is effective but gives you unpleasant side effects.