Pharmacologic management of eating disorders.

Pharmacologic management of eating disorders.

Price W A

American Family Physician

1988

1988-05

Treatment of eating disorders is difficult regardless of the methods employed. Pharmacologic management in anorexia nervosa and in bulimia nervosa is especially helpful when it is part of a multimodal treatment approach that includes individual, family and behavioral therapy. Care must be taken to guard against side effects, abuse and noncompliance in a group of patients that tends to be prone to all three.

Female; Humans; Male; Sex Factors; Combined Modality Therapy; Anorexia Nervosa/*drug therapy/psychology; Behavior Therapy; Bulimia/*drug therapy/psychology; Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors/therapeutic use; Antidepressive Agents; Tricyclic/*therapeutic use

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