Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-gtxcr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-23T06:21:41.951Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Sildenafil citrate (Viagra) treatment of sexual dysfunction in a schizophrenic patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

R. Benatov ,
I. Reznik  and
Z. Zemishlany
R. Benatov
Affiliation:
Maccaby Health Service, Psychiatric Branch, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv
I. Reznik
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv
Z. Zemishlany*
Affiliation:
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv Geha Psychiatric Hospital, Petah-Tikva, POB. 102, Petah-Tikva, Israel
*
*Correspondence and reprints
Get access

Summary

A high frequency of sexual dysfunction occurs in treated and untreated patients with schizophrenia. Unfortunately, no effective therapy for this problem is currently available. We present a case of a 26-year-old patient with paranoid schizophrenia, who suffered from lack of desire and erection, and was successfully treated with sildenafil citrate (Viagra). This case illustrates the complex character of sexual dysfunction in male schizophrenic patients.

Keywords

schizophreniasexual dysfunctionViagria (sildenafil citrate)
Type
Case report
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , October 1999 , pp. 353 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 1999

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Aizenberg, DZemishlany, ZDorfman-Etrog, PWeizman, A. Sexual dysfunction in male schizophrenic patients J Clin Psychiatry 1995 ; 56 : 137-41.Google ScholarPubMed
Barnes, TREBamber, RWWatson, JP. Psychotropic drug and sexual behavior Br J Hosp Med 1979 ; 21 : 594–600.Google Scholar
Boolell, MGepi-Attee, SGingell, JCAllen, MJ. Sildenafil, a novel effective oral therapy for male erectile dysfunction Br J Urology 1996 ; 78 : 257-61.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Goldstein, ILue, TFPadma-Nathan, HRosen, RCSteers, WDWicker, PA, Sildenafil Study Group. Oral sildenafil in the treatment of erectile dysfunction N Engl J Med 1998 ; 338 : 1397–1404.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hummer, MKemmler, GKurz, MKurzthaler, IOberbauer, HFleischhacker, WW.Sexual Disturbances During Clozapine and Haloperidol Treatment for Schizophrenia Am J Psychiatry 1999 ; 156 : 631-3.Google Scholar
Mitchell, JEPopkin, MK. Antipsychotic drug therapy and sexual dysfunction in men Am J Psychiatry 1982; 139 : 633-7.Google ScholarPubMed
Peuskens, JSienaert, PDeHert, M. Sexual dysfunction: the unspoken side effect of antipsychotics Eur Psychiatry 1998 ; 13 (Suppl 1) : 235–305.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Segraves, RT. Psychiatric illness and sexual function Int J Impot Res 1998 ; 10 (Suppl 2) : S131–S40.Google ScholarPubMed
Tran, PVHamilton, SHKuntz, AJPotvin, JHAndersen, SWBeasley, C JrTollefson, GD. Double-blind comparison of olanzapine versus risperidone in the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders J Clin Psychopharmacol 1997 ; 17 : 407-18.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Verhulst, JSchneidman, B. Schizophrenia and sexual functioning Hosp Comm Psychiatry 1981 ; 32 : 259–362.Google ScholarPubMed
Submit a response

Comments

No Comments have been published for this article.