Sexual Behavior During L-dopa Treatment for Parkinsonism
MALCOLM B. BOWERS JR. M.D.1,
MELVIN VAN WOERT M.D.2, , and
LINDA DAVIS M.A.3
1 Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. 06510
2 Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. 06510
3 Associate in Research Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. 06510
Nineteen patients who were receiving L-dopa for parkinsonism were interviewed to assess the effect of L-dopa treatment on sexual behavior. Seven patients (37 percent) reported an activation of sexual behavior at some point during the therapy. Interview data suggested that such a report may actually result from at least three possible effects of L-dopa.
