IF YOU HAVE difficulty getting erections or simply want to spruce up your sex life, chances are you’ve heard about honey packs. The sachets of the sweet stuff are all over social media, promising enhanced sexual performance through stronger, long-lasting erections. At first glance, you might find this a “natural” alternative for young guys who don’t want pills or painful-sounding ED procedures like shock wave therapy.
After all, the packets do feature pictures of honey and bees swarming on honeycombs, and honey is usually one of the first ingredients—a food many dudes already drizzle in oatmeal and tea. MH did a deep dive last year into whether honey packs actually work. The TL;DR version is that despite the alluring promise of near-instant, rock-hard erections, you’re really taking a gamble on what you’re putting in your body.
Natural ingredients like honey and ginseng provide a “trivial” performance-enhancing effect and multiple honey pack supplement companies have been flagged by the FDA for having hidden and unknown dosages of ingredients not included in the label, like tadalafil (the active ingredient in Cialis), sildenafil (the active ingredient in Viagra), and acetaminophen. That’s why doctors have big safety concerns about honey packs, says Scott Miller, MD, a urologist and director of robotic surgery at Wellstar Health System. We turned to the experts, asking urologists what they do to prepare in lieu of popping a pack.
HONEY PACKS (AND even gas station dick pills) aren’t worth your time or money. But not all supplements need to be ruled out, says Philip Werthman, MD, a urologist and director of the Center for Male Reproductive Medicine and Vasectomy Reversal. For guys with mild ED or who just want to optimize their libido, he recommends L-arginine supplements.
L-arginine is an amino acid that supports blood flow through nitric oxide production. Nitric oxide allows blood vessels to open fully and allow more blood flow to come into the penis. There has to be stimulation and a relationship that is functional between the nerves and the blood vessels,” says Dr.
The latter is an antioxidant made from the bark of a tree and is a powerful antioxidant used often in the fertility world, says Dr. In concert with L-arginine, the combo helps to boost erections. For the effects to really work, you need to take this supplement on a daily basis.
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