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. 2021 Jan 25;19(1):39–45. doi: 10.1176/appi.focus.20200039

TABLE 2.

Antidepressant and antipsychotic medications with lower rates of sexual side effects or used for augmentation of SSRI- and SNRI-induced sexual dysfunctiona

Treatment characteristic Antidepressant-psychotropic Antipsychotic
Low rates of sexual side effects Bupropion, mirtazapine, vilazodone, vortioxetine Aripiprazole, brexpiprazole
Useful for augmentation of SSRI and SNRI Bupropion,b buspirone,b flibanserin Aripiprazole
a

SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; SNRI, serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor.

b

Not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.