Posted by yxibow on July 6, 2009, at 7:03:49
In reply to I want to try Trazadone BUT, posted by newo38 on July 5, 2009, at 22:39:42
> it says there is a .01% chance of me getting a priapism, an erection that wont go away and can result in permanent impotence. Is .01% good or bad odds?
Its hard to really quantify the risks.
Its rare but not quite as rare as stated, but I don't know if I've heard of 1/10000 mentioned before, as statistics... well is statistics.
That being said I've had sub-clinical priapisms twice in college. Um... I stood on my head -- yes the one I'm thinking with now and problem solved.
But its not a laughing matter, that is true, for someone in their 60s or so who doesn't have quite the same rebound power as someone in their 20s.
Priapisms there, strong priapisms, have to be treated as hospital cases, and need prompt... yes... draining of blood.Impotence... that's another not quite quantifiable outcome but certainly less than priapisms properly and promptly dealt with.
Priapisms can occur naturally of course too and are warnings with things like Cialis / Viagra.
In conclusion I'd say -- if you haven't already tried or would interfere with other medicationsLunesta 3+mg
Remeron 7.5+mg
amitryptline 10mgthen its a medication worth trying. I'm just going on the "bleah" scale compared with the above. But some people swear by Trazodone, so who am I to say you might not too.
--- I'm assuming this is for sleep, because nefazodone is basically the only tolerable relative for antidepressant usefulness (trazodone would put one to sleep for the entire day at 400+ mg)-- Jay
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