Posted by grace on October 20, 2002, at 12:18:01
In reply to Re: Claritin?, posted by ANXIETY ANN on October 19, 2002, at 17:57:02
Okay, since I've started a mini-thing with this, I figured I'd better pull out the article that my doc gave me when we decided to put me on Claritin to give it a try.
I'm not sure what publication it came from, but the bottom of the page she copied for me says "J Clin Psychiatry 63:6, June 2002", p. 534.
It is from a Russel V. Brubaker, M.D. at Michigan State University in Alto, MI.
It is titled Fluoxetine-Induced Sexual Dysfunction Reversed by Loratadine.Basically, this Dr. had a male patient with major depression who had sexual s/e with fluoxetine at 5mg/day and started taking loratadine, 2.5mg/day for allergic rhinitis. He was on low
dosages because he didn't handle meds well. Whereas he had reported dulling of penile sensation and delayed erection and ejaculation with the loratadine all of the side effects went away and stayed away.So, over the next 9 months, this doc prescribed loratadine for 9 additional patients (5 men & 4 women) with a diagnosis of major depression who were also on fluoxetine and had sexual dysfunction.
The dosage of loratadine varied rom 2.5 to 15 mg depending on patient...most were 10mg/day. Seven of the 9 patients had complete reversal of sexual s/e within 2 days and the other 2 had significant improvement
of the side effects.There's more to this article, but I don't want to type the whole thing right now....
Hope it helps - it's definitely helped me - not completely, but enough to continue to take it!
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