Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (2020)
BMJ 2020 ; 368 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m754 (Published 27 February 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;368:m754 Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction An important iatrogenic condition, recognised by regulators Sexual difficulties after treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were first reported to regulators in 1991, but it was only in 2006 that these symptoms were formally characterised as a syndrome, now known as post-SSRI sexual dysfunction. 1 2 In May 2019, the pharmacovigilance risk assessment committee of the European Medicines Agency concluded that post-SSRI sexual dysfunction is a medical condition that can persist after discontinuation of SSRIs and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). A month later, EMA recommended that product information on all relevant antidepressants should be updated to reflect reports of long term sexual dysfunction after treatment. 3 Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction is u...