Last week's post about Antidepressants and Autistic Spectrum Disorder came with an article attached. This article was first sent to and first turned down by BMJ Open because it contained references to a set of animal studies. BMJ Open it turns out is a human studies only journal. The interest in the animal studies listed below is that animals conceiving and giving birth … [Read more...] about Asexual, Transgender & SSRIs
Sex
How Common is Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD)?
The level of risk of developing Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) from using an SSRI or SNRI antidepressant is currently unknown. Patients are never warned about persisting sexual side effects when these drugs are prescribed. Calls for informed consent are often met with the response that PSSD appears to be quite rare. Given the huge number of antidepressants prescribed … [Read more...] about How Common is Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD)?
Is FSM a treatment for Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD)?
Editorial note: Towards the end of 2015, we launched a new Complex Withdrawal section dedicated to exploring protracted withdrawal and Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD). We presented a new hypothesis about the underlying physiology of withdrawal and persisting side effects, and we asked for others to help explore and research the issues. Someone who has been doing exactly … [Read more...] about Is FSM a treatment for Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD)?
Tracking Down the Cause of Withdrawal and PSSD
Editorial Note: Between now and the end of the year, RxISK will have a major revamp. Among the first new features will be a Complex Withdrawal and PSSD research section. The philosophy behind this is that no-one knows what Protracted Withdrawal Syndromes and PSSD actually are and it's more difficult to find an answer if we don't know. Both are conditions that cannot be found in … [Read more...] about Tracking Down the Cause of Withdrawal and PSSD
His Chemicals, My Imbalance: A Story about Love
Editorial Note: This is a post by the partner of someone going through the persistent sexual dysfunction that isotretinoin can cause. It could be caused by an SSRI or it could be caused by finasteride. It could be a man supporting a woman, or a woman supporting a woman or any partnership. In June 2013 I met the love of my life, although I didn’t know it at the time. We were … [Read more...] about His Chemicals, My Imbalance: A Story about Love
The Mysteries of Love
RxISK has had twenty-two stories and features on sex and drugs over the last two years - more than on any other topic. While we have a Sex Zone on the RxISK front page because we thought the topic might be of some interest, we didn't expect sex to take over quite like this. There are a few reasons sex may be so hot. Mysterious effects First a great deal of what is … [Read more...] about The Mysteries of Love
Pink Viagra or Pink Elephant?
On October 27 – 28 the FDA held a “Patient Focused Drug Development Meeting” on the issue of Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). It’s one of about of a dozen such meetings they’re hosting over the next two years in what’s billed as an effort to be more responsive to patients. Most will focus on conditions that are life-threatening (sickle-cell anemia, Parkinson’s, breast cancer) … [Read more...] about Pink Viagra or Pink Elephant?
Rethink at Rethink?
Editorial Note: This post from James Bennett of RxISK's team explores the increasingly problematic area of sexual functioning on antidepressants and other drugs. The efforts to take down the Wikipedia page on Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) suggest that the sexual side effects of antidepressants worry industry more than anything else. Why this should be is something that … [Read more...] about Rethink at Rethink?
Asexuality: A Curious Parallel
Editorial Note: This post is by James Bennett who is organizing RxISK research on PSSD. In the last two decades there has been an explosion in the number of children being prescribed a range of drugs including antidepressants, antipsychotics and stimulants. There is also a dramatic increase in the number of children exposed to these drugs, especially antidepressants, before … [Read more...] about Asexuality: A Curious Parallel
Femininity and Drugs?
Just as the concepts of Recovery, Citizen Scientists and pretty well everything else can be captured by pharmaceutical industry, so also feminism and claims of sexism are now being hijacked by industry as marketing tools. FDA are accused of being sexist in not licensing a ‘female Viagra’. This claim is being used to mobilize pressure on them to license a pharmaceutical … [Read more...] about Femininity and Drugs?