The Long-Term Use of Cyproterone Acetate in Pedophilia: A Case Study
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy
- Vol. 18 (4), 292-302
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00926239208412854
Abstract
This investigation reports the long-term use of the antiandrogen cyproterone acetate (CPA) in a pedophile, who was studied continuously over 38 months. Measures of sexual arousal, serum testosterone, and gonodatrophen levels were significantly reduced by the drug as compared with placebo and no treatment; prolactin levels were significantly elevated. Some workers have observed that long-term administration of CPA (more than one year, which was then discontinued) produced enduring (in some cases apparently permanent) antilibidinal effects; however, in the case described, within three weeks of stopping the drug, all measures had returned to pretrial levels. The importance of continuous long-term monitoring in sex offenders receiving an antiandrogen is discussed.Keywords
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