Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection?

Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection?

We report the development of low flow priapism in three patients related to simultaneous consumption of sildenafil with pomegranate (Punica granatum) (POM) juice. There were no other concurrent diseases, intake of drugs, and chemicals or other risk factors in these patients. We want to create awaren...

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Main Authors: Senthilkumaran, Subramanian, Balamurugan, Namasivayam, Suresh, Ponuswamy, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah
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Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355694/
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spelling pubmed-33556942012-05-24 Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection? Senthilkumaran, Subramanian Balamurugan, Namasivayam Suresh, Ponuswamy Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah Case Report We report the development of low flow priapism in three patients related to simultaneous consumption of sildenafil with pomegranate (Punica granatum) (POM) juice. There were no other concurrent diseases, intake of drugs, and chemicals or other risk factors in these patients. We want to create awareness among patients and practitioners for recognition and timely intervention. Probable mechanisms are highlighted. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3355694/ /pubmed/22629009 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.95560 Text en Copyright: © Urology Annals http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Senthilkumaran, Subramanian
Balamurugan, Namasivayam
Suresh, Ponuswamy
Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah
spellingShingle Senthilkumaran, Subramanian
Balamurugan, Namasivayam
Suresh, Ponuswamy
Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah
Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection?
author_facet Senthilkumaran, Subramanian
Balamurugan, Namasivayam
Suresh, Ponuswamy
Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ponniah
author_sort Senthilkumaran, Subramanian
title Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection?
title_short Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection?
title_full Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection?
title_fullStr Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection?
title_full_unstemmed Priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: Is there a connection?
title_sort priapism, pomegranate juice, and sildenafil: is there a connection?
description We report the development of low flow priapism in three patients related to simultaneous consumption of sildenafil with pomegranate (Punica granatum) (POM) juice. There were no other concurrent diseases, intake of drugs, and chemicals or other risk factors in these patients. We want to create awareness among patients and practitioners for recognition and timely intervention. Probable mechanisms are highlighted.
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
publishDate 2012
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355694/
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