Does viloxazine really improve sex drive? A double-blind controlled study.
The action of viloxazine on libido and sex drive was evaluated with a randomised controlled double-blind trial against placebo on a population of 26 male out-patients affected by primary depression (DSM III). Modifications in the sexual sphere were assessed by the ad hoc inclusion of a series of items in the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale. Thus modified, the scale was administered at the beginning and the end of a four-week trial period. Viloxazine proved to have a considerable disinhibiting effect, whose principal expression level was a return to pre-depression levels of frequency in sexual relations.
D000328:Adult; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D007989:Libido / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009025:Morpholines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011897:Random Allocation; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014745:Viloxazine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D009025:Morpholines; D014745:Viloxazine