title: The use and abuse of prescription medication to facilitate or enhance sexual behavior among adolescents.
abstract: Adolescents naturally experience an increased interest in sexual behavior, but they usually lack much experience. Thus, any prescription medication that holds the potential to ease or facilitate sexual matters holds a unique allure. Widespread cultural awareness of medications to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) has combined with a recent trend toward increased adolescent prescription drug abuse to create unique challenges for industry, clinicians, and researchers.
authors.affiliation: Children's Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. trapodaca@cmh.edu
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Apodaca
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Moser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000523:psychology; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media / Q000639:trends; D009294:Narcotics / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology*; D056687:Off-Label Use / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058986:Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009294:Narcotics; D058986:Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors; D001569:Benzodiazepines