Effectiveness of sildenafil in treating erectile dysfunction in PTSD patients: A double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 426-430

  Orr, Guy ^a   Weiser, Mark ^a   Polliack, Michael ^a   Raviv, Gil ^a   Tadmor, Daphne ^a   Grunhaus, Leon ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Jerusalem Mental Health Center Ezrath Nashim   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEARTBURN; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIGRAINE; NAUSEA; PENIS ERECTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH PAIN; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; TINNITUS; VOMITING; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMPOTENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PENILE ERECTION; PIPERAZINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746877054     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jcp.0000227701.33999.b3     Document Type: Article

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