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Sexual Dysfunctions in Mentally Ill Patients pp 225–249Cite as

Pharmacosexology: Psychiatric Side Effects of Drugs for the Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction

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Abstract

Many medications are used nowadays to improve male and female sexual function. But, it is known that such drugs that are appropriate for some aspects of sexual function in turn may be deleterious leading to the development of a different kind of sexual dysfunction. Moreover, drugs adopted for comorbid psychiatric symptoms of sexual dysfunction, as antidepressant, may cause sexual side effects. Again, there are quite a number of medicines used to treat systemic conditions, as hypertension, that may impair some domains of sexual function, as erectile capability. Finally some psychotropic drugs may be used as an off-label treatment for sexual dysfunctions. In this chapter all these issues are reviewed.

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