Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Depression Symptoms : Medication May Cause Sexual Side Effects

When you think about the side effects of drugs you can think of a headache and some stomach problems, but have you ever thought about sexual problems, because for some it is too much when you are depressed.

According to an article published in the journal Psychiatric Annals, was at least 50 percent of people taking antidepressant drugs of the class of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), the side effects are sexual, how the experience 's inability excited difficult to achieve orgasm.

The incidence of sexual dysfunction (SD) with different antidepressants, for example, vary widely, partly because the methods used to collect this information.

The researchers note has recently published a study in which patients received newer antidepressants, it is known that the incidence of sexual side reactions for the name of the new drug is approximately 15 percent, but when asked directly, to to 70 percent of patients experienced SD.

The cause of this problem is still not very clear, but if you have been diagnosed to take antidepressants to treat her depression and negative sexual side effects, as experienced before, you should tell your doctor.

What it means is that your doctor may adjust your medication or change the therapy, if possible, you will also need to keep taking the antidepressant without your sexual desire and activity.

This question is not so simple as at first sight because of depressed patients suffer from sexual dysfunction caused by their drugs do not cause compliance with antidepressants, which can complicate their state of depression.

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