This is often asked by patients during outpatient clinics. The answer is no. So why is that? The reason is actually very simple: you must have sex during the treatment of premature ejaculation, and preferably with a regular sexual partner, and be able to maintain a relatively regular sex life. Many patients are confused as to why such a prerequisite is needed for the treatment of premature ejaculation. The reason for this is to analyze the reasons for this. 1. Why do you need to have sex during the treatment of premature ejaculation The speed of ejaculation during sexual intercourse does not affect human fertility, but it seriously affects our mood and emotions. The most direct reflection of the ability to control ejaculation is the sexual intercourse itself, and there is no test that can fully simulate sexual intercourse to detect this ability. Just as you can get drunk after drinking alcohol, but each person’s alcohol intake is often not the same, the use of medication for premature ejaculation is usually very individualized. So during the treatment of premature ejaculation, the efficacy of the medication must be judged through sexual intercourse, and the medication must be adjusted and decided when to stop it. Why is it necessary to have regular sex during the treatment of premature ejaculation? If you use sexual intercourse to judge the efficacy of the medication for premature ejaculation, does it mean that it’s completely okay to do it once or twice occasionally? The answer is still no. Sexual intercourse itself is a behavior, a relatively fixed pattern of behavior formed by the two parties through long-term friction and mutual influence. The process of treatment is also under the influence of drugs to gradually break the original pattern and establish a new pattern of behavior. So it is necessary to have a regular sex life. This is one of the main reasons why the treatment period for premature ejaculation tends to be longer. It’s like a person who usually eats steamed buns for breakfast and has to switch to eating thin rice. The first thing you have to do is to eat rice every day, and then you have to eat it every day. It’s a good idea to eat for a while to get completely used to it. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things. The purpose of premature ejaculation treatment is to achieve a harmonious sexual life with a long-term fixed sexual partner, so the treatment process of course requires a fixed sexual partner to cooperate, thus establishing a fixed behavior pattern. People tend to be more easily aroused when they encounter the opposite sex of their choice, a stimulating external environment or their own tension, and are usually more likely to ejaculate early. On the flip side, some patients don’t have a fixed sexual partner, and it is very wrong to measure their ejaculation control ability by their performance in some special situations. 4. What should I do if I only have intercourse occasionally? In fact, there are some patients with rapid ejaculation who only occasionally have intercourse, or are separated, or have just had an object, and so on, and cannot meet the above conditions, and what should be done? In such cases, doctors usually recommend the use of topical anesthetics before each sexual intercourse. Although this approach is temporary, occasional sexual intercourse using this approach works fast, has few side effects and is economical. As premature ejaculation is often not very progressive, until you have regular sex and then use a method that can “cure” the condition, usually without delay.