Effects of fluoxetine upon pharmacoendocrine and sleep-EEG parameters in normal controls.

Int Clin Psychopharmacol

Department of Psychiatry, University of Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

Published: January 1989

A single dose of 80 mg fluoxetine induced a slight increase in cortisol secretion when compared to placebo in an acute endocrine challenge test including assessment of prolactin, growth hormone, luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, testosterone. This pretreatment with 80 mg fluoxetine did not change the ACTH release after blockade of the feed-back regulation of peripheral corticosteroids on ACTH secretion by metyrapone. Sleep-EEG revealed reduction of rapid-eye-movement sleep. Nocturnal penile tumescence activity was unaltered.

Download full-text PDF

Source

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

effects fluoxetine
4
fluoxetine pharmacoendocrine
4
pharmacoendocrine sleep-eeg
4
sleep-eeg parameters
4
parameters normal
4
normal controls
4
controls single
4
single dose
4
dose fluoxetine
4
fluoxetine induced
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!