Penile anesthesia in Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) responds to low-power laser irradiation: a case study and hypothesis about the role of transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels.

Treatment of paroxetine-induced penile anesthesia in Post SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD) by Low-power Laser Irradiation (LPLI) is unknown in medical literature. The aim of the current article is to report partial efficacy of LPLI for paroxetine-induced persistent penile anesthesia. We report on a male patient who presented with a history of reversible loss of smell, taste and skin sensitivity occurring within a week after start of 20mg/day paroxetine-hemihydrate for a depressive period.

Continuous visual field test supervision may not always be necessary.

Objective: To assess the effect of supervision on computerized visual field (VF) performance and to determine what patient characteristics predict poor unsupervised performance.

Design: Randomized, crossover, cross-sectional, clinical trial.

Participants: Two hundred unselected patients with definite or suspect glaucoma or neuro-ophthalmic VF indication participated.

A multicenter comparison study of the Humphrey Field Analyzer I and the Humphrey Field Analyzer II.

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to determine the comparability of the 30-2 full-threshold program in the original Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA) I to the same test procedure in the new Humphrey Field Analyzer II.

Methods: At each of five clinical centers, one eye of patients with ocular hypertension and normal visual fields, patients with early glaucomatous visual field loss, and patients with more advanced visual field loss were tested with the two instruments plus a retest on a separate HFA I. All participants had undergone at least one prior visual field examination.