Citation

Prado LG, Huber J, Huber CG, Mogler C, Ehrenheim J, Nyarangi-Dix J, Pahernik S, Hohenfellner M. J. Androl. 2012; 33(5): 801-804.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Society of Andrology, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.2164/jandrol.111.015370

PMID

22403280

Abstract

We present the case of a 31-year-old man who was admitted to our emergency department after injection of 10 ml of methadone into his penis. He had a history of drug abuse over the last 15 years and a background of three attempted suicidal episodes with a combination of at least two drugs over the past 12 months. The current suicide attempt had serious consequences: He suffered from acute renal and liver failure. One previously unreported side effect of methadone is erectile dysfunction following injection into the penis. In our case, the patient received vardenafil 10 mg once daily without any signs of functional improvement. Ten months after the event, there still was complete erectile dysfunction.

Language: en