Psychiatr. praxi 2018; 19(1): 32-34 | DOI: 10.36290/psy.2018.008
Positive influence of the vortioxetine in patients with sexual dysfunction
- Sexuologický ústav 1. lékařské fakulty UK a VFN, Praha
A short case history of 65 years man, psychiatric patient. Within a depressive stage was antidepressive agent paroxetine changedfor vortioxetine. The medication with paroxetine was able to improve the depressive mood, but the effect was connected withsome sexual dysfunctions. Under the multimodal antidepressant vortioxetine there have been observed substantial improvementof a sexual drive and reduction of feeling of sexual insufficiency. The short case history is of course not any universally recipe fora therapy of sexual dysfunctions in depressive patients. We try to demonstrate a possible positive influence the vortioxetine onthe sexuality in some depressive patients.
Keywords: depression, vortioxetine, sexual dysfunction
Published: April 10, 2018 Show citation
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