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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Trazodone and Priapism
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
Trazodone and Priapism
by richard22, Mar 08, 2004 12:00AM
I just started taking trazodone for ensomnia and I'm concerned about priapism. I read that it affects 1 in 10000 people. I take it before going to sleep. I've noticed if I wake up in the middle of the night I am semi erect. Each morning I wake up erect as well and it takes the lenght of my shower for the partial erection to go away. It is not painful and it does go away after I am up but still worries me after reading about priapism. Should I be concerned or is a normal side effect of the drug?
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Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Mar 10, 2004 12:00AM
, Mar 10, 2004 12:00AM
Priapism is such an unusal and rare side effect I don't think there is enough clinical information to answer your question. It certainly seems to be a relatively safe drug, and your description of erections does not sound alarming to me, but if you find it gets worse, then you might consider switching medicatins.
