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Ferhat Yaylacı1, Begüm Şahbudak1, Önder Küçük1
1Yaylacı, Bursa Dörtçelik Children's Hospital Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Bursa, Turkey. Şahbudak, Katip Çelebi University Medical School, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Izmir, Turkey. Küçük, Dr. Cevdet Aykan Psychiatric Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Tokat, Turkey.
Abstract:
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most common psychiatric disorders of childhood, characterized by attention deficit, hyperactivity and impulsivity. The most effective treatment in ADHD is drug treatment. Stimulant and nonstimulant drug treatments are preferentially used. Atomoxetine is one of the nonstimulant treatments. Although sexual side effects of atomoxetine in adults are reported, there is limited knowledge about sexual side effects in children and adolescents. In this case report, we aimed to describe an adolescent 16-year old with spontaneous ejaculation, a rare sexual side effect, that started at the third day of the treatment and ended by discontinuing atomoxetine.
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