Persistent Sexual Side Effects after SSRI Discontinuation

@article{Csoka2006PersistentSS,
  title={Persistent Sexual Side Effects after SSRI Discontinuation},
  author={Antonei B Csoka and Stuart Shipko},
  journal={Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics},
  year={2006},
  volume={75},
  pages={187 - 188}
}
  • A. Csoka, S. Shipko
  • Published 2006
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Case 3 A.H., a 30-year-old male, was prescribed 50 mg q.d. sertraline for chronic depression and insomnia in 1999. Four to fi ve days after starting the medication, he noticed a severe drop in sexual desire, moderate erectile dysfunction, diffi culty reaching orgasm with a long refractory time, reduced ejaculate volume, and genital numbness. He continued to take the medication, hoping that the side effects would subside. Since they did not abate after 5 weeks, he discontinued the sertraline… Expand
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