Opioid Analgesics Suppress Male Gonadal Function, but Opioid Use in Men and Women Does Not Correlate with Symptoms of Sexual Dysfunction

Dana Wong; Dan Gray; Mark Simmonds; Saifee Rashiq; Igor Sobolev; Donald W Morrish

doi:10.1155/2011/807123

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2011)

Opioid Analgesics Suppress Male Gonadal Function, but Opioid Use in Men and Women Does Not Correlate with Symptoms of Sexual Dysfunction

Dana Wong,
Dan Gray,
Mark Simmonds,
Saifee Rashiq,
Igor Sobolev,
Donald W Morrish

Affiliations

Dana Wong: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dan Gray: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Mark Simmonds: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Saifee Rashiq: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Igor Sobolev: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Donald W Morrish: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/807123
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 5
pp. 311 – 316

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Opioid analgesia impairs gonadal function in men and women, but the correlation with symptoms and hormonal measurements of hypogonadism is not well established.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/

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