A recent report suggests that the antidepressant drug Prozac (fluoxetine) can be useful in the treatment of bulimia nervosa.
* Researchers at the New York State Psychiatric Institute reviewed findings from 15 controlled studies on the use of anticonvulsants, lithium, fenfluramine and antidepressants in bulimia patients to reach their conclusions; patients in the studies used vomiting to compensate for food intake, were of normal weight, were predominately female, and were young adults.
* Found that only antidepressant therapy – particularly with fluoxetine – was consistently shown to reduce the frequency of binge eating among normal-weight patients with bulimia nervosa.
* Authors suggest that bulimia patients should demonstrate six months of real improvement before any effort is made to discontinue any antidepressant drug therapy.
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