Frequency of Sexual Dysfunction in Patients Treated with Desvenlafaxine: A Prospective Naturalistic Study.

Affiliation

Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca, Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, 37007 IBSAL, Spain. [Email]

Abstract

Despite being clinically underestimated, sexual dysfunction (SD) is one of the most frequent and lasting adverse effects associated with antidepressants. Desvenlafaxine is an antidepressant (AD) with noradrenergic and serotonergic action that can cause a lower SD than other serotonergic ADs although there are still few studies on this subject.

Keywords

antidepressant,desvenlafaxine,prsexdq-salsex questionnaire,sexual dysfunction,switching strategy,treatment,