Drugs
Paroxetine
3 articles published between October 24, 2025 and September 13, 2026.
Covered in Men's Health and Mind.
EXPLAINEROne drug, dapoxetine, is purpose-approved for it, and not in the US. An umbrella review of 65 trials found the SSRIs and anaesthetics that lengthen latency rest on weak evidence.
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ANALYSISThe largest meta-analysis puts the incidence attributable to the drug at about 15% — one in six or seven. Critics who reanalysed part of it put it above 50%. The gap is about what counts as evidence.
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ANALYSISPooling 151 studies and 58,534 participants across 30 drugs, researchers ranked antidepressants by physiological side effects rather than efficacy. Some drugs raised cholesterol while reducing body weight.
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