| Yes the erection part is a promising side-effect. That side-effect however is being developed by an entirely different company in the United states where as the original tanning effect is being developed by the australian company epitan.
Melanotan or alpha-msh(chemical name) is a much more potent version of the synthetic hormone that is released by the body during and after sunexposure. And it will give the user a light tan w/o sun exposure.
It was first tested where it was discovered at the university of arizona. Back in the late 80's it went threw an fda approved clinical trial where it was tested on 100 human volunteers. This is where they discovered the erection side-effect, and where they showed that while it will give a light tan to parts of the body that where never in the sun, the faces and arms of the those that tested it where already noticeably darker just from daily sun exposure(they where told to avoid the sun as much as possible)
The australian company claims that it has found a formulation to isolate just the tanning effect, so no erection. But as of now, the US company developing it for erectile purposes has yet to be able to drop the tanning effect. And the scientist at epitan don't think they will be able to isolate just the erectile effect w/o having the tanning effect as well.
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