Priapism in a 28-year-old Male with Bipolar Disorder

Priapism is a serious but rare side effect of psychiatric medications. We report the case of a 28-year-old male who has been mentally stable for a year on a combination of sertraline, olanzapine, and quetiapine. Two weeks after he was started on topiramate, the patient experienced priapism that led...

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Autores principales: Espiridion, Eduardo D, Danssaert, Zachary, Libera, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7233965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32431999
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7721
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description Priapism is a serious but rare side effect of psychiatric medications. We report the case of a 28-year-old male who has been mentally stable for a year on a combination of sertraline, olanzapine, and quetiapine. Two weeks after he was started on topiramate, the patient experienced priapism that led to a medical admission and surgical intervention. This case report suggests that topiramate might induce ischemic priapism, either directly or through interactions with other medications. Further studies are warranted to establish such a link.
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spelling pubmed-72339652020-05-19 Priapism in a 28-year-old Male with Bipolar Disorder Espiridion, Eduardo D Danssaert, Zachary Libera, Robert Cureus Psychiatry Priapism is a serious but rare side effect of psychiatric medications. We report the case of a 28-year-old male who has been mentally stable for a year on a combination of sertraline, olanzapine, and quetiapine. Two weeks after he was started on topiramate, the patient experienced priapism that led to a medical admission and surgical intervention. This case report suggests that topiramate might induce ischemic priapism, either directly or through interactions with other medications. Further studies are warranted to establish such a link. Cureus 2020-04-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7233965/ /pubmed/32431999 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7721 Text en Copyright © 2020, Espiridion et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Espiridion, Eduardo D
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Priapism in a 28-year-old Male with Bipolar Disorder
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title_short Priapism in a 28-year-old Male with Bipolar Disorder
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topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7233965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32431999
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7721
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