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Pharmacological priapism: comparison of trazodone- and papaverine-associated cases
1Department of Urology, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle.
International Urology and Nephrology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Priapism occurred in ten patients undergoing treatment of depression with trazodone or impotence with papaverine. Trazodone-related priapism uniformly required surgical procedures and resulted in impotence in two of three cases. In contrast, papaverine-associated priapism was successfully managed by aspiration and all seven patients continued to respond to intracorporal treatment. Iatrogenic priapism is an important complication of therapy with vasoactive drugs.