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Fluoxetine and bulimia

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akc.. #1 / 4	Fluoxetine and bulimia I was under the impression that fluoxetine was being administered to bulimics, with some success. Has it been shown that bulimics get triggered on a binge by eating carbohydrates? And is this why fluoxetine seems to be helping? Anyone have info? Thanks. Amy
Tue, 10 Jan 1995 09:15:51 GMT

Steve Dy #2 / 4	Fluoxetine and bulimia Quote: >I was under the impression that fluoxetine was being administered >to bulimics, with some success. I understand that fluoxetine (as well as many other unrelated antidepressants) has been shown to be useful in some instances. Quote: >Has it been shown that bulimics >get triggered on a binge by eating carbohydrates? And is this why >fluoxetine seems to be helping? I doubt it, although it may decrease carbohydrate craving, and therefore help, if that is a big part of an individual's problem. I suspect it's an antiobsessional effect, similar to the drug's effects in OCD. -- Steve Dyer
Tue, 10 Jan 1995 12:06:06 GMT

Lamont Granqui #3 / 4	Fluoxetine and bulimia Quote: >>I was under the impression that fluoxetine was being administered >>to bulimics, with some success. >I understand that fluoxetine (as well as many other unrelated >antidepressants) has been shown to be useful in some instances. I'm running entirely off of what I recall from research done several months ago, but I believe that bupropion (Wellbutrin) was the anti-depressant that was having the most success and use in treating bulima. I don't recall seeing fluoxetine as being shown as effective in it, but it certainly might be used. (or I might be getting mixed up since I wasn't specifically researching bulimia and am just remembering it out of curiosity). -- University of Washington, Seattle. Disc: if UW ever finds out what I post... alt.{filter} FTP site: ftp.u.washington.edu[128.95.136.1] dir:/public/alt.{filter} For quotes and other useless info see my .plan
Tue, 10 Jan 1995 16:31:45 GMT

Mark D. Kli #4 / 4	Fluoxetine and bulimia Quote: >>>I was under the impression that fluoxetine was being administered >>>to bulimics, with some success. >>I understand that fluoxetine (as well as many other unrelated >>antidepressants) has been shown to be useful in some instances. >I'm running entirely off of what I recall from research done several >months ago, but I believe that bupropion (Wellbutrin) was the anti-depressant >that was having the most success and use in treating bulima. I don't >recall seeing fluoxetine as being shown as effective in it, but it certainly >might be used. It is NOT bupropion - bupropion induced seizures in bulimic patients treated with high doses back in the early 1980s, and this delayed the FDA approval of the drug. Bupropion is now thought to run a slightly higher risk of seizures than other antidepressants, but all antidepressants are very mildly proconvulsant. Steve Dyer is right about fluoxetine - it works well for many patients, and its efficacy may be somehow related to its antiobsessional effects. The antiobsessional tricyclic clomipramine has had mixed results in treatment of bulimia, however. -- ================================================================= suny health science center, syracuse voice: (315) 422-1050 ================= courtesy of syracuse university ================
Thu, 12 Jan 1995 00:16:20 GMT

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