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Prescription of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate to a Patient with Pedophilia, Resulting in Cushing's Syndrome and Adrenal Insufficiency.

Krueger RB, Hembree W, Hill M

Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Medical Director, Sexual Behavior Clinic, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Unit #45, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY, 10032, USA, rbk1@columbia.edu.

This article provides a case report of a patient with pedophilia who was treated over a 4-year period with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) at a dose of 300 mg/day and as a consequence developed Cushing's Syndrome and adrenal insufficiency, for which he was treated and from which he recovered. He also reported a hypersexual reaction to his own past cessation of MPA. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists, which have a more benign side-effect profile than MPA, are suggested as an alternative to MPA.

Published 26 July 2006 in Sex Abuse.
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