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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.12.1691

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.

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