title: Transient sixth cranial nerve palsy following orgasm abrogated by treatment with sympathomimetic amines.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a unique disorder where a transient 6th nerve palsy leading to diploplia following orgasm developed in a 28-year-old woman. This coincided with a weight gain of 100 pounds in a short time without a corresponding change in dietary habits.
  
  
  METHODS
  She was treated with the sympathomimetic amine dextroamphetamine sulfate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Indeed she immediately responded to treatment with dextroamphetamine sulfate sustained release capsules with complete resolution of the episodes of 6th nerve palsy following orgasm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The main importance of this case is that it suggests that orgasm causes a transient generalized decrease in sympathetic nervous system activity and that the achievement of an orgasm may require an increase in the sympathetic nervous system activity.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Check
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Katsoff
mesh_terms: D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000187:drug effects; D009948:Orgasm / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D003913:Dextroamphetamine