만성 정신분열병 환자에서 향정신약물에 의한 지속발기증 1례

A Case of Priapism Induced by Psychotropic Drugs in Patient with Chronic Schizophrenia

Priapism is a rare but serious adverse effect of psychotropic medication from their peripheral alpha-adrenergic blocking action, perhaps directly blocking the sympathetic impulse for detumescence. Ont patient with chronic schizophrenia who admitted at urologic department developed this side effect during treatment with oral antipsychotics，thioridazine, haloperidol and antidepressant, trazodone. Awareness of these association and serious consequences of this disorder may be helpful to clinician in choosing psychotropic medication that minimize the risk of developing priapism