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Successful Treatment of Fluvoxamine-Induced Anorgasmia by Cyproheptadine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Steve Arnott*
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital, Blackberry Hill, Stapleton, Bristol BS16 1DD
David Nutt
Affiliation:
University of Bristol
*
Correspondence

Abstract

We present the first report of the use of cyproheptadine to treat fluvoxamine-induced anorgasmia, in a 63-year-old man suffering from recurrent severe unipolar depression.

Type
Short papers
Copyright
Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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