Olanzapine for Anorexia Nervosa
The Carlat Psychiatry Report, Volume 17, Number 11&12, November 2019
https://www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletter-issue/tcprv17n11-12/
Issue Links: Learning Objectives | Editorial Information
Topics: Anorexia Nervosa | Antipsychotics | Eating Disorders | olanzapine | Research | Research Update
Kristen Gardner, PharmD.
Dr. Gardner has disclosed that she has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
A randomized, double- blind, placebo-controlled trial studying the effects of olanzapine on change in body weight and obsessionality in adult outpatients with anorexia nervosa. Although strength of the study includes its large sample size, it is undetermined if patient weight gain is due to a therapeutic effect on anorexia or to olanzapine’s known metabolic effects.
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