Spontaneous Ejaculations Associated with Aripiprazole

Spontaneous Ejaculations Associated with Aripiprazole.

Sexual side effects are common with antipsychotic use. Spontaneous ejaculations without sexual arousal have been previously described with several typical and atypical antipsychotics. We report the case of a man who had spontaneous ejaculations after stopping risperidone and starting 30 mg/day aripiprazole. Spontaneous ejaculations ceased 3 days after decreasing the aripiprazole dose to 15 mg/d...

Tardive dystonic symptoms associated with aripiprazole treatment.

Restless Leg Syndrome Associated with Aripiprazole

The Restless Leg Syndrome(RLS) induced by aripiprazole is very unique albeit rare adverse effect. The patient is a 55-year-old female who presented to our outpatient clinic with the diagnosis of major depressive disorder according to DSM-IV. Patient who has been receiving venlafaxine and quetiapine with doses of 75 mg/day and 300 mg/day respectively one year, was not being followed-up regularly...

Movement disorders associated with aripiprazole use: a case series.

Aripiprazole is an atypical antipsychotic that is a partial agonist at the D2 and 5HT1a receptors and an antagonist at 5HT2a receptors. Despite previous hypotheses that it would be less likely to cause movement disorders, recent reports suggest it actually may be more likely to cause movement disorders than other atypical antipsychotics. This case series illustrates the variety of movement diso...

Elevated lipase and diabetic ketoacidosis associated with aripiprazole.

CONTEXT Atypical antipsychotic agents are associated with diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis. Aripiprazole, a new antipsychotic, has never been implicated to cause either diabetes mellitus or pancreatitis. We present a patient who developed diabetes mellitus after being started on aripiprazole. CASE REPORT A 33 year-old male with schizophrenia presented with fatigue, dyspepsia and epigastric ...