A 25-year-old man with DSM-IV-TR Axis I social phobia and Axis II avoidant personality disorder and erectile dysfunction, presenting with depression, anxiety and insomnia, responded partially to extended release oral venlafaxine (75 mg/die for 6 weeks), but developed side effects and worsening symptoms when dose was increased to 150 mg/die; he responded to a combination of 75 mg/die venlafaxine and 4 mg/die reboxetine and improved on most of his symptoms.
A case of social phobia and avoidant personality disorder with erectile dysfunction successfully treated with venlafaxine and add-on reboxetine / Pacchiarotti, I; Manfredi, G; Kotzalidis, Gd; Ruberto, Amedeo; Tatarelli, Roberto; Girardi, Paolo. - In: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 0924-9338. - 19(4):(2004), pp. 233-234. [10.1016/j.eurpsy.2003.07.015]
A case of social phobia and avoidant personality disorder with erectile dysfunction successfully treated with venlafaxine and add-on reboxetine.
RUBERTO, Amedeo;TATARELLI, Roberto;GIRARDI, Paolo
2004
Abstract
A 25-year-old man with DSM-IV-TR Axis I social phobia and Axis II avoidant personality disorder and erectile dysfunction, presenting with depression, anxiety and insomnia, responded partially to extended release oral venlafaxine (75 mg/die for 6 weeks), but developed side effects and worsening symptoms when dose was increased to 150 mg/die; he responded to a combination of 75 mg/die venlafaxine and 4 mg/die reboxetine and improved on most of his symptoms.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
