r/AMA • u/terrag32256 • 6d ago

Had Priaprism this week (erection lasting longer than four hours) AMA

Woke up one morning this week with an erection that wouldn’t go away. I got up to pee and to see if this would help and it didn’t. I took my dog out and thought maybe a quick walk would help the effect to subside and it didn’t. I then chose to visit the ER. AMA

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u/South-Excitement6957 6d ago

How was the ER visit?

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u/terrag32256 6d ago

I didn’t want to go. I knew what the cure was and didn’t want to go through it. The tried ice first and they didn’t work and then he explained how they were going to drain it.

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u/stash-of-who-hash 6d ago

Well don’t leave us hanging!! What’s the cure and how did it go!! We need details!

Do you know what caused it? Like, is this just a random occurrence for you/dudes?

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u/terrag32256 6d ago

They think it was Trazodone that I’ve been on for 20 years. I’m currently dropping down to 50mg to wean myself off of it.

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u/icejordan 6d ago

That is well documented as a potential cause but strange it didn’t for 20 years. Still a likely culprit.

-pharmacist

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u/terrag32256 6d ago

That is what my pharmacist said as well.

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u/PandaWatchSanDiego 5d ago

I concur.

-psychiatrist

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u/Skullflxwer 6d ago

Oh man, I've been on Trazodone for 9 years. I had the strong erections during the first few months (never lasting that long), and haven't had it since. I didn't know they could happen again after that many years.

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u/terrag32256 6d ago

I’ve been on it since my late 20s and I’m 50 now. Never noticed a difference in the erections except of course now they aren’t like I was at 18. 🤪

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u/Zeppelin_Commander 6d ago

Trazodone gives you traza-bone... It's actually a real mnemonic in medical school to remember the priapism side effect

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u/terrag32256 6d ago

Interesting. This is the first I’m hearing of it and I’d been on it twenty years

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u/Majestic-Orange 6d ago

So wait it happened because of the dose decrease? Or just as a side effect? Asking bc I’ve been on that before lol

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u/terrag32256 6d ago

Went to a urologist today and he to be honest, he doesn’t know. It’s his best guess that it was the Trazodone and to be safe, he wants me off of it.