What are the side effects of Dapoxetine?
Since it is a new medicine, the most common question from those considering whether or not to use Dapoxetine is with respect of the side effects, and how these will affect them. Like most prescription treatments, this drug designed to treat premature ejaculation also has its share of side effects. Dapoxetine belongs to a class of SSRI drugs but is a version with a much shorter half life than many of the other SSRI medications. Reported during clinical trials, the more common side effects of this treatment drug for premature ejaculation are known to include skin reactions, psychiatric problems, and changes in body weight. Some of the other Dapoxetine side effects that were observed among men in its trials include nausea, headache, diarrhea, and dizziness. About 8.7 percent of men reported nausea after taking lower dosage of Dapoxetine and those who took high dosage were 20.1 percent. Men who experienced headache after taking lower dosage of Dapoxetine were about 5.9 percent while as about 6.8 percent men had headache after taking high dosage. Diarrhea was reported by about 6.8 percent of patients who took high dosages of Dapoxetine while as about 6.2 percent reported dizziness.
How to take Dapoxetine?
Dapoxetine should be taken after doing a proper medical consultation, which after a doctor can recommend the right dosage that should be taken and can prescribe accordingly. While doing a consultation, the doctor probes the possibility of occurrence of any major adverse reaction with this drug in a patient. As this drug is in its approval trials, patients may be curious to know about adverse reactions and side effects of Dapoxetine.
The study of Dapoxetine showed that its high dosages cause side effects among patients with great frequency as compared to its low dosages. So, accordingly the low dosage of Dapoxetine was considered for its large scale clinical trials. The clinical trials of Dapoxetine have proved that this prescription drug for treating premature ejaculation is safe as well as effective. Dapoxetine lengthens the duration of sexual intercourse by increasing the ejaculation time after penetration. It has helped men who ejaculated within less than minute after penetration to increase their ejaculation time by more than three minutes.
What is premature ejactulation?
One of the most common sexual disorders in men is premature ejaculation. It occurs when men ejaculate within less than a minute after penetration during a sexual activity. It is more common than erectile dysfunction, which is another frustrating sexual problem in men. Erectile dysfunction is defined as the inability of men to achieve or maintain an erection during sexual intercourse. Both these conditions can increase the sexual worries of men. Premature ejaculation can occur among men at any age. However, it is more frequent in younger men. The exact causes of premature ejaculation are yet unknown. However, health experts are of the view that it can be caused due to both physiological as well as psychological factors.