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A Case of Hypersexuality in a Patient Receiving Aripiprazole for Schizophrenia
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, 2411 Holmes Street Kansas City, MO 64108, USA.
Abstract:
Aripiprazole is an antipsychotic with partial agonist activity at the dopamine D2 receptor which may lead to compulsive behaviors including hypersexuality. The case presented is of a 24-year-old male with schizophrenia who developed hypersexuality symptoms after initiation of aripiprazole. Cessation of the aripiprazole led to a reduction in hypersexual behaviors. Clinicians should be aware of compulsive behaviors including hypersexuality with aripiprazole use and consider discontinuation of aripiprazole treatment in patients suffering from hypersexuality.
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