Strategies for managing sexual dysfunction induced by antidepressant medication.

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BACKGROUND: Sexual dysfunction (including altered sexual desire, orgasmic and ejaculatory dysfunction, erectile and other problems) is a relatively common side effect of antidepressant medication. These sexual side effects may compromise a person's lifestyle and result in a lack of compliance with the prescribed antidepressant to the detriment of the person's mental health. A wide range of management strategies are possible to address this problem, including behavioural, psychological and ph...

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Authors: Taylor, M; Rudkin, L; Bullemor-Day, P; Lubin, J; Chukwujekwu, C

• Journal: Cochrane database of systematic reviews
• Volume: 5
• Pages: CD003382
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003382.pub3
• EISSN: 1469-493X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Antidepressive Agents; Purines; Male; Humans; Piperazines; Carbolines; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Sulfones; Bupropion; Drug Substitution; Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors; Female; Sex Factors; Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological