comparing sexual dysfunction in maintenance therapy with methadone and buprenorphine in married male

background and aims: sexual dysfunction is a common complaint among drug abusers in the treatment with methadone and buprenorphine. the aim of this study was to assess sexual dysfunction in patients undergoing methadone or buprenorphine for maintenance therapy. methods: this research was a cross-sectional study. a 3-parts questionnaire (demographic questions, international index of erectile function questionnaire (iief) and beck depression inventory (bdi-ii)) was used for data collection. results: overall, 3.5% reported no erectile dysfunction (ed), 79.9 % reported mild to moderate ed, and 10% reported severe ed. there were no statistical differences in the components of the iief questionnaire between methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) and buprenorphine maintenance treatment (bmt) group. statistical analysis show that depressed subjects has a higher sexual dysfunction (r= -0.435, p