Sexual Pharmacology: Fast Facts
Robert Taylor Segraves and Richard Balon
Praise for Sexual Pharmacology: Fast Facts:
“So much information is presented in a clearly laid out and accessible ring
bound book which means that this can easily be kept on the table top of any
active practicing sexologist or indeed any other clinician.”
—Sexual and Relationship Therapy
Overview – Table of Contents
Sexual side effects of pharmacological agents are often an unspoken cause of treatment noncompliance.
Controlled studies in the United States, UK, and Spain have consistently found that approximately 75%
of patients who experience sexual side effects from prescribed medication will not volunteer this
information without direct questioning.
Nonetheless, many clinicians do not have easy access to reliable information concerning sexual
side effects of pharmacological agents. This handy reference provides up-to-date and rapid access
to the latest available data concerning sexual side effects of various pharmacological agents for
psychiatrists and physicians.
Initial chapters are devoted to a brief review of the physiology of sexual function, the prevalence
of sexual dysfunction in the general population, and how to identify drug-induced sexual dysfunction.
Following the initial overview chapters, subsequent chapters are be grouped by classes of drugs,
allowing clinicians and physicians rapid access to clinically relevant information. Separate chapters
are devoted to data concerning sexual side effects of antidepressants, antianxiety drugs, antipsychotic
agents, antihypertensives, urological agents, cardiovascular drugs, and other classes of drugs.
The chapters focus on common sexual side effects that may be unspoken causes of treatment noncompliance
such as inability to ejaculate, anorgasmia, difficulty in reaching orgasm, erectile dysfunction, and
lubrication failure. Reports of decreased libido are often difficult to interpret; for that reason,
data concerning libido will only be reported if the evidence clearly supports a diagnosis of disturbed
libido as a drug side effect. Final chapters are devoted to pharmacological treatment of sexual
disorders.
About the Authors
Robert Taylor Segraves, M.D., Ph.D., a widely cited expert in the field of
sexual behavior, is a well-published author of several books on the subjects
of mental health, behavior and marital therapy, and sexual dysfunction,
including Emerging Dimensions in Sexology and Diagnosis and Treatment of
Erectile Dysfunction. He is a past president of the Society for Sex Therapy
and Research and has served as editor of the Journal of Sex and Marital
Therapy since 1998. He is Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve
University and Chairperson of Psychiatry at MetroHealth Medical Center in
Cleveland, Ohio. His articles have been published in the Archives of Sexual
Behavior, Modern Medicine, Journal of Urology, JAMA, and the Journal of Sex
and Marital Therapy.
Richard Balon, M.D., is Professor of Psychiatry at the
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State
University, Detroit, Michigan. Areas of his interest and expertise include
clinical psychopharmacology, sexual dysfunction(s), biology of anxiety, and
psychiatric education. Dr. Balon has published and presented widely in all
these areas.
ISBN: 0-393-70354-1
May, 2003
Paperback, 420 pages each
