Loxapine-Induced Priapism: A Case Report and Review of the Literature on Antipsychotic-Induced Priapism.
Case Rep Psychiatry 2021;
2021:5589967. [PMID:
34336343 PMCID:
PMC8302361 DOI:
10.1155/2021/5589967]
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Abstract
In this case report, a patient with schizophrenia experienced recurrent priapism while undergoing treatment of acute psychosis. This necessitated a review of the emergent treatment of priapism and discussion of the difficulties in treating priapism in a patient with acute psychosis. Therefore, this case report explores multiple possible etiologies of priapism within the realm of psychiatric care, reviews the proposed mechanisms of medication-induced priapism, and considers the psychopharmacological concepts that pertain to antipsychotic selection in the context of antipsychotic-induced priapism.
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