A double-blind, randomized, pilot dose-finding study of maca root (L. Meyenii) for the management of SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 182-191

  Dording, Christina M ^a   Fisher, Lauren ^a   Papakostas, George ^a   Farabaugh, Amy ^a   Sonawalla, Shamsah ^a   Fava, Maurizio ^a   Mischoulon, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

L. meyenii; Maca; Natural remedies; Sexual dysfunction; Side effects; SSRI

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMPHETAMINE; CITALOPRAM; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; GABAPENTIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PRAMIPEXOLE; SERTRALINE; THYROID HORMONE; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ARIZONA SEXUAL EXPERIENCE SCALE; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DREAMING; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LEPIDIUM MEYENII; LIBIDO; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL SEXUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PANIC; PILOT STUDY; PLANT ROOT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEATING; URINARY FREQUENCY;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPIDIUM; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 49749090475     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2008.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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