Priapism Secondary to Prazosin Overdose

Robbins, David N.
Crawford, David E.
Lackner, Henry L.

From the Division of Urology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine and Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico

^*Current address: Division of Urology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State St., Jackson, Mississippi 39216.

Accepted April 29, 1983.

Journal of Urology 130(5):p 975, November 1983. | DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)51604-3

ABSTRACT

Priapism is a rare but recognized complication of certain antihypertensive agents. An association between the antihypertensive, prazosin, and priapism has been reported in the European literature but not in the American urologic literature.