Effect of Buspirone on Sexual Dysfunction in Depressed Patients Treated With Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Landen ◽  
Elias Eriksson ◽  
Hans Agren ◽  
Tom Fahlen
2004 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward B. Perry ◽  
Robert M. Berman ◽  
Gerard Sanacora ◽  
Amit Anand ◽  
Kathleen Lynch-Colonese ◽  
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1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 1043-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Amrein ◽  
Max Stabl ◽  
Stephan Henauer ◽  
Eva Affolter ◽  
Iris Jonkanski

Objective: To review the efficacy and safety of moclobemide in comparison with TCAs(for our purposes, “TCAs” will represent tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants, including maprotilin and mianserin) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in elderly depressed patients. Methods: The efficacy data reviewed were obtained from the following sources: 1) results of published studies in the elderly; 2) data on patients aged ≥ 60 years extracted from all available controlled trials in adults (≥ 18 years) in which moclobemide was compared with TCAs or SSRIs; and 3) the adverse events were extracted for patients aged ≥ 60 years from the safety data base of all available comparative short-term studies with moclobemide versus TCAs, SSRIs, or placebo and of long-term studies with moclobemide. Results: The data show that moclobemide is an effective antidepressant in depressed patients aged ≥ 60 years. The response rate to moclobemide was 50% to 55% in this population. Moclobemide was more effective than placebo and was of similar efficacy to the TCAs and the more recently introduced SSRIs. The tolerability of moclobemide was rated as “very good” or “good” in almost 90% of these patients, which was better than the tolerability of TCAs and similar to that of SSRIs. Patients without any adverse events were more frequently found in the moclobemide group than in those treated with TCAs (P < 0.01) or SSRIs (P < 0.01). Adverse events of the anticholinergic type were more frequent with TCAs than with moclobemide (P < 0.001), and nausea was found 3 times more frequently with SSRIs than with moclobemide (P < 0.01). Conclusions: Moclobemide is an effective and well-tolerated antidepressant for the treatment of elderly depressed patients.


1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winston W. Shen ◽  
Jeffrey H. Hsu

Objective: After the advent of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on the U.S. market in 1988, American psychiatrists have been faced with more choices of antidepressants for the treatment of depression. The prescribing of SSRIs has been increasing in popularity because they are easily titrated by the physicians and tolerated by patients. However, the SSRI use is frequently associated with female sexual dysfunction. The aim of this study was to describe these SSRI-associated female sexual side effects. Methods: In a retrospective series, clinic records of 110 female SSRI-treated outpatients were reviewed for loss of or decreased libido, orgasmic disturbances (anorgasmia or delayed orgasm), as well as clinical management patterns to alleviate sexual side effects. Results: Twenty-one fluoxetine-, nine paroxetine-, and five sertraline-treated cases with female sexual inhibition were identified. The fates of SSRI-associated sexual adverse effects and clinical managements of restoring these side effects were described. Conclusions: With some limitations in interpreting the data, the findings of this study suggest that SSRI-associated female sexual dysfunction occurs at a higher rate than we previously thought, equal potentials in implicating female sexual side effects among three SSRIs, and the absence or the low incidence of female sexual adverse effects from bupropion, and that these side effects can be managed by waiting for a spontaneous remission, dosage reduction of SSRIs, substitution with bupropion and other antidepressants, or the use of an antidote.


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