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Low-Dose Cyproterone Acetate Treatment of Sexual Acting Out in Men With Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Peter Haussermann ,
David Goecker ,
Klaus Beier  and
Stefan Schroeder
Peter Haussermann
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, TU Munich, Munich, Germany
David Goecker
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Ruhr University Bochum, Berlin, Germany
Klaus Beier
Affiliation:
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
Stefan Schroeder
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Ruhr University Bochum, Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

Increased sexual activity in patients with dementia is problematic for caregivers and has no proven treatment. This report decribes two male patients who had dementia with pronounced sexual acting out. One patient had vascular dementia and the other patient had Parkinson's disease with associated dementia. After nonresponse to neuroleptics and sedatives, low-dose cyproterone acetate successfully reduced sexual acting out without relevant side effects in both patients.

Keywords

Sexual acting outdementiaantiandrogencyproterone acetate
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 181 - 186
Copyright
© 2003 International Psychogeriatric Association

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