LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Clozapine-induced Delayed Ejaculation

Photo by charlesdeluvio from unsplash

Sir, Sexuality is an important aspect of human life. The quality of life, pursuit of happiness, relational intimacy, and reproduction depend on human sexuality. Although there were different theories of… Click to show full abstract

Sir, Sexuality is an important aspect of human life. The quality of life, pursuit of happiness, relational intimacy, and reproduction depend on human sexuality. Although there were different theories of sexuality being the cause of mental illness, all were proved to be baseless. Enquiring into the sexual health of a person suffering mental illness is utmost important as people often do not disclose in fear of embarrassment.[1] People suffering from schizophrenia are found to have sexual dysfunction, with a reported prevalence of 45%–80% in males and 30%–80% in females.[2] It is difficult to delineate whether sexual dysfunction is the part of primary disorder or due to the introduction of antipsychotics. Antipsychotics such as haloperidol and risperidone which increases the prolactin level can cause significant dysfunction. However, clozapine due to its low prolactin hiking effect, it causes less sexual side effects. Here, we discuss a case who came with clozapine‐induced delayed ejaculation.[1,2]

Keywords: clozapine induced; delayed ejaculation; sexuality; induced delayed

Journal Title: Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Year Published: 2017

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.