Antidepressant-induced sexual dysfunction

After adverse effects that occur when an antidepressant is first started have subsided, certain longer-term adverse effects persist. The main ones are: sexual dysfunction, weight gain, insomnia, and excessive sweating. These can be very bothersome and which are major causes of non-adherence to antidepressant treatment. Of these longer-term adverse effects of serotonergic antidepressants, sexual dysfunction…