Journal of Clinical Medicine Article Frequency of Sexual Dysfunction in Patients Treated with Desvenlafaxine: A Prospective Naturalistic Study Angel L. Montejo 1,2,* , Joemir Becker 2, Gloria Bueno 3, Raquel Fernández-Ovejero 4, María T. Gallego 2, Nerea González 5 , Adrián Juanes 6, Laura Montejo 7 , Antonio Pérez-Urdániz 2,3, Nieves Prieto 2,3 and José L. Villegas 2 1 Nursing School E.U.E.F., University of Salamanca, 37004 Salamanca, Spain 2 Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca, Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, 37007 IBSAL, Spain;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +34-639-754-620 Received: 29 March 2019; Accepted: 16 May 2019; Published: 21 May 2019 Abstract: Despite being clinically underestimated, sexual dysfunction (SD) is one of the most frequent and lasting adverse effects associated with antidepressants. Desvenlafaxine is an antidepressant (AD) with noradrenergic and serotonergic action that can cause a lower SD than other serotonergic ADs although there are still few studies on this subject.