Effect of saffron on fluoxetine-induced sexual impairment in men: Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-388

  Modabbernia, Amirhossein ^a   Sohrabi, Hamid ^a   Nasehi, Abbas Ali ^a   Raisi, Firoozeh ^a   Saroukhani, Sepideh ^a   Jamshidi, Amirhossein ^b   Tabrizi, Mina ^c   Ashrafi, Mandana ^a   Akhondzadeh, Shahin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crocus sativus; Erectile dysfunction; Fluoxetine; Saffron; Sexual dysfunction; SSRI

Indexed keywords

CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; FLUOXETINE; IMPIRAN; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; ORGASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROCUS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866739483     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2729-6     Document Type: Article

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