Safety and efficacy of venlafaxine in the treatment of premature ejaculation: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose, randomised study

Andrologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-55

  Safarinejad, M R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Escitalopram; Premature ejaculation; Serotonin; Sexual dysfunction; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEADACHE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURE EJACULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAL SIGN; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38349030747     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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