Hypersexuality: fluoxetine

What is hypersexuality?

People with hypersexuality have an unusual or excessive interest in sex.

Treatments for hypersexuality in men include medicines that reduce the amount of testosterone (the male sex hormone) that the body produces. These include a medicine called cyproterone acetate and another medicine called triptorelin.

Fluoxetine (or other medicines similar to it) may be used to treat hypersexuality. However, fluoxetine is not licensed for treating hypersexuality so its use for this indication is off‑label.