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Like sertraline, these two drugs are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Fluoxetine is prescribed for depression, bulimic binge-eating and vomiting, obsessive-compulsive disorder, obesity, alcoholism, and anorexia among other ailments. Paroxetine is used for depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Interestingly the three top antidepressants are chemically unrelated to each other, except for being amines, and are unrelated to earlier tricyclic antidepressants. [Pg.437]

Relapse prevention with medication has been studied in BN as well as AN. In 1991 Walsh et al. placed bulimics who had a 50% or more reduction in binge eating on desipramine in maintenance treatment. About half of the patients relapsed below the 50% reduction within 4 months, despite continued use of the medication. In a second multicenter collaborative study examining the efficacy of fluoxetine maintenance in bulimic patients who had responded to the drug with a 50% reduction of symptoms, the patients who were maintained on the active drug were significantly less likely to relapse than those who were switched to placebo at the end of the acute treatment phase (Romano, 1999). [Pg.599]

Adults with bulimia nervosa may be offered a trial with an antidepressant drug. Patients should be informed that antidepressant drugs can reduce the frequency of binge eating and purging. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and specifically fluoxetine, are the drugs of first choice for the treatment of bulimia... [Pg.92]

The antidepressant drug fluoxetine Prozac), another compound which promotes serotonergic neurotransmission in the brain, was also shown to reduce appetite and food intake in healthy volunteers (McGuirk and Sil-verstone 1990). It can be effective in the management of binge eating syndrome (see Chapter 6) and bulimia nervosa (see Chapter 5). Its use in uncomplicated obesity is more limited, as any beneficial effect wears off within a few months (Goldstein et al. 1994). [Pg.29]

Methylphenidate Stimulants, such as methylphenidate and amphetamine, are widely used in the management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Such drugs have long been known to reduce hunger, but have not been generally recommended for treatment of BN. A few patients who have symptoms of bulimia nervosa plus some co-morbid features of ADHD have noted that the addition of methylphenidate or amphetamine markedly reduced the frequency of binge eating (Drimmer 2003). [Pg.64]

Zonisamide. is a sulfonamide antiepilepsy drug with sodium and calcium channel-blocking actions. A small preliminary open label trial of zonisamide 100-600 mg daily in 15 patients with BED showed it to reduce the frequency of binge eating and lower body weight in the eight patients who completed the 12 week trial (McElroy et al. 2004). [Pg.77]

Antiobesity Compounds and New Drugs to Treat Binge Eating in Clinical Development, 883... [Pg.838]

Nervous system In a review of several clinical studies of the use of topiramate in different indications (alcohol dependence, essential tremor, binge-eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, migraine, and epilepsy), the percentages of drug-induced nervous system adverse reactions, in particular paresthesia, differed greatly between the different disorders dropouts due to adverse events varied from 2% in those with bulimia nervosa to 29% in those with migraine [289 ]. [Pg.116]

Caffeine from chocolate is a popular mood-altering food, and craving for chocolate is common. Some people have difficulty getting through a whole day without eating chocolate in some form or other. People who binge on chocolate do not realize that they have a drug habit. [Pg.45]

One of the most famous sources of caffeine is chocolate, also made from the seeds of a tropical tree. Chocolate, which contains a lot of fat and is very bitter, must be mixed with sugar to make it palatable. It, too, contains a stimulating drug, and cases of chocolate dependence are easy to find. You probably know a few "chocoholics." People who regularly consume chocolate or go on chocolate-eating binges may not realize they are involved with a drug, but their consumption usually follows the same sort of pattern as with coffee, tea, and cola drinks. [Pg.43]

Psychiatric A 58-year-old man with fronto-temporal lobar degeneration and associated overeating and binging behavior had resolution of his abnormal eating while taking topiramate 50 mg/day [168 ]. Appetite suppression, which has previously been associated with topiramate use, was in this case a useful side effect of the drug. [Pg.97]


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