Aspirin for treatment of lithium-associated sexual dysfunction in men: Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 650-656

  Saroukhani, Sepideh ^a   Emami Parsa, Morteza ^a   Modabbernia, Amirhossein ^a   Ashrafi, Mandana ^a   Farokhnia, Mehdi ^a   Hajiaghaee, Reza ^b   Akhondzadeh, Shahin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Institute of Medicinal Plants Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Bipolar disorder; Erectile dysfunction; Lithium carbonate; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; LITHIUM CARBONATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; INTERNATIONAL INDEX FOR ERECTILE FUNCTION; MALE; MANIA; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; ORGASM; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RESTLESSNESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; URINE RETENTION; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

ASPIRIN; BIPOLAR DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; LITHIUM CARBONATE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASPIRIN; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883555424     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12108     Document Type: Article

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