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Spontaneous orgasms during risperidone treatment in a schizophrenic patient: a case report
Author(s) -
Alcántara A. G.,
Nieto J.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
human psychopharmacology: clinical and experimental
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.461
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1099-1077
pISSN - 0885-6222
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1077(199803)13:2<135::aid-hup966>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - risperidone , dopaminergic , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , mechanism (biology) , anesthesia , medicine , antagonism , psychiatry , neuroscience , dopamine , receptor , philosophy , epistemology
We present a case report of a male schizophrenic patient who suffered spontaneous orgasms after receiving risperidone. This is a phenomenon that has been previously described in relation to antidepressive drugs. The strong 5‐HT2 antagonism of risperidone may be the mechanism responsible for an indirect enhancement of the dopaminergic transmission. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.