Reversal by bethanechol of sexual dysfunction caused by anticholinergic antidepressants
- 1 September 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 139 (9), 1193-1194
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.9.1193
Abstract
The anticholinergic properties of currently available antidepressants sometimes cause sexual dysfunction. Bethanechol, a cholinergic drug, gave total relief of impotence in 2 men and of anorgasmy in 1 woman. None of the subjects suffered side effects.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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