| Title | Two patients with eating disorders treated by naltrexone. | | Author(s) | Kmoch V, Papezova H, Yamamotova A | | Institution | Department of Psychiatry, Eating Disorders Unit, Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. vladimir.kmoch@centrum.cz. | | Source | Neuro Endocrinol Lett 2009 Aug 26; 30(3):327-330. | | Abstract | According to a recent literature review on the opioid mechanism in eating disorders, we found that there is increasing reason to re-examine the treatment potential of naltrexone. The endogenous opioid system belongs to the important modulators of food intake. The eating disorders share many traits with substance dependence models. We present two case histories of time-limited naltrexone therapy to show that, in clinical practice, individualized indication may contribute to short-term improvement and to prediction of a different long-term treatment outcome. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19855354 |
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