Fluoxetine-induced sexual dysfunction

J B Herman; A W Brotman; M H Pollack; W E Falk; J Biederman; J F Rosenbaum

Fluoxetine-induced sexual dysfunction

J Clin Psychiatry. 1990 Jan;51(1):25-7.

Authors

J B Herman¹, A W Brotman, M H Pollack, W E Falk, J Biederman, J F Rosenbaum

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Psychopharmacology Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.

PMID: 2295587

Abstract

Of the first 60 patients treated at our clinic with the antidepressant fluoxetine, 5 (8.3%) developed treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction (anorgasmia and/or delayed orgasm). Three of those 5 patients had a history of treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction while receiving other antidepressant agents. Clinicians should be aware of this side effect of fluoxetine.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Ambulatory Care
Anxiety Disorders / drug therapy
Depressive Disorder / drug therapy
Female
Fluoxetine / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Orgasm / drug effects*
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / chemically induced*

Substances

Fluoxetine