Abstract
Medications are a useful adjunct to nutritional and psychotherapeutic treatments for eating disorders. Antidepressants are commonly used to treat bulimia nervosa; high-dose fluoxetine is a standard approach, but many other antidepressants can be used. Binge eating disorder can be treated with antidepressants, with medications that diminish appetite, or with lisdexamfetamine. Anorexia nervosa does not generally respond to medications, although recent evidence supports modest weight restoration benefits from olanzapine.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 253-262 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Psychiatric Clinics of North America |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Anorexia nervosa
- Binge eating disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Eating disorders
- Fluoxetine
- Medication