ANTI-PSYCHOTICS INDUCED SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION

Aftab Alam Khan; Haq Nawaz; Zainab Nazneen; Aziz-ur-Rehman Yousufzai

Author(s)

Aftab Alam Khan Department of Psychiatry, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Haq Nawaz Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Zainab Nazneen Department of Community Medicine, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Aziz-ur-Rehman Yousufzai Department of Psychiatry, Women Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Abstract

Background: Sexual dysfunction associated with the use of antipsychotic drugs is quite prevalent affecting the patients' quality of life and one of the reasons for non-compliance. This important aspect is underestimated and overlooked by the treating professionals, partly because patients rarely talk about their dysfunction. Due to the scarcity of local data on the subject the objective of the present study was to explore and compare the prevalence of sexual dysfunction associated with antipsychotic drugs. Methods: This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study comprising of comparative assessment among five antipsychotics being consumed by 91 male patients under this study. Results: Risperidone, haloperidol and olanzapine collectively as a group were associated with increased incidence of sexual dysfunction (42.43%) compared to quetiapine and aripiprazole group (16%) which was statistically significant. Individually risperidone (48%) and haloperidol (45.81%) were associated with highest incidence of sexual dysfunction followed by olanzapine (29.41%). Quetiapine (16.67%) and aripiprazole (15.38%) were associated with the lowest incidence of sexual dysfunction. Conclusion: Risperidone and haloperidol are associated with a higher rate of sexual dysfunction compared to olanzapine. Quetiapine and aripiprazole have a significantly lower profile of adverse effects on sexual function.

Publication Details

Page(s) 3-7

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Physiology, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Year: 2017

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Keywords

Sexual dysfunction, Ejaculatory dysfunction Orgasmic dysfunction, Erectile dysfunction, antipsychotics, Libido