Posted by pharmrep on November 2, 2002, at 18:02:40
In reply to Sexual side effects, posted by cannoli on November 1, 2002, at 13:51:26
> I've just switched to Lexapro after several years away from SSRIs (was taking an MAOI, which was great while it lasted). With previous SSRIs (I tried several), I experienced ejaculatory delay in early weeks, but the real problems came after a year or so on a particular drug, at which time my sex drive would start to decrease until it was virtually nonexistent. It seems to me that the studies probably seriously underreport sexual side effects because they typically study people who have been on a drug for 8 weeks or less. I know no one has been on Lexapro for a long time, but what about Celexa? Anyone who has been on Celexa for a couple of years - has it killed your sex drive? Thanks.
*** Yeah...the 8wk FDA studies only take "volunteered" info for sexual side effects...they never acutally ask the question...so most drugs tested report between 4-12% when in reality it's 20-60%. For SSRI's they are mostly similar...although Paxil seems to be the worst of the bunch.
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