Gabapentin-Induced Priapism

Priapism is defined as an erection that lasts longer than four hours, is unrelated to sexual interest or stimulation, and is unrelieved by orgasm. The ischemic subtype is a urologic emergency and is often caused by medication side effects, most notably selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tra...

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Autores principales: Kashfi, Simon, Loloi, Justin, Statnii, Iurii, Arifi, Blerim, Sharma, Shorabh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174036
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21241
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author Kashfi, Simon
Loloi, Justin
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Arifi, Blerim
Sharma, Shorabh
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description Priapism is defined as an erection that lasts longer than four hours, is unrelated to sexual interest or stimulation, and is unrelieved by orgasm. The ischemic subtype is a urologic emergency and is often caused by medication side effects, most notably selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and trazodone. We present the case of ischemic priapism thought to be caused by the recent initiation of gabapentin.
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spelling pubmed-88410692022-02-15 Gabapentin-Induced Priapism Kashfi, Simon Loloi, Justin Statnii, Iurii Arifi, Blerim Sharma, Shorabh Cureus Internal Medicine Priapism is defined as an erection that lasts longer than four hours, is unrelated to sexual interest or stimulation, and is unrelieved by orgasm. The ischemic subtype is a urologic emergency and is often caused by medication side effects, most notably selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and trazodone. We present the case of ischemic priapism thought to be caused by the recent initiation of gabapentin. Cureus 2022-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8841069/ /pubmed/35174036 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21241 Text en Copyright © 2022, Kashfi et al. https://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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Kashfi, Simon
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174036
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21241
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