ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2019
Medication in AN: A Multidisciplinary Overview of Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Efficacy of Pharmacological Treatment of Depression in Anorexia Nervosa and Underweight Patients: A Systematic Review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Pooled it
- Medication for bone loss in female patients with anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and management algorithm.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Pooled it
- Preliminary study: cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia in adolescents with anorexia nervosa.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Trial
- Clinical Trajectories Associated with Pharmacological Treatment Patterns in Female Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa: A 12-Month Retrospective Study in Italian Real-World Clinical Practice.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Lived experiences of adolescents with anorexia nervosa and their parents during olanzapine treatment: a qualitative study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Ketamine as adjuvant treatment in eating disorders: an exploratory study of a case series and retrospective analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Eating and Feeding Disorder Patients: Characteristics and Clinical Implications in a Group of Referred Female Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Determinants and risk factors for renal damage: where do patients hospitalized for severe anorexia nervosa stand? A multi-center study.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Self-objectification and eating disorders: the psychopathological and neural processes from psychological distortion to psychosomatic illness.Psychoradiology · 2024Review
- The Impact of Clinical Factors, Vitamin B12 and Total Cholesterol on Severity of Anorexia Nervosa: A Multicentric Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Anorexia Nervosa: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Description of patients with eating disorders by general practitioners: a cohort study and focus on co-management with depression.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
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- An overview of the treatment of eating disorders in adults and adolescents: pharmacology and psychotherapy.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2023Review
- A retrospective study of pharmacological treatment in anorexia nervosa: 6-month and 12-month follow-up.BMC psychiatry · 2023Review
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- Efficacy and tolerance of second-generation antipsychotics in anorexia nervosa: A systematic scoping review.PloS one · 2023Article
- The Treatment Experience of Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescents from Healthcare Professionals' Perspective: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Diet, Digestion, and the Dietitian: A Survey of Clinicians' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices to Advance the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Disturbances in Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Anorexia nervosa: Outpatient treatment and medical management.World journal of psychiatry · 2022Review
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Abstract
Drugs are widely prescribed for anorexia nervosa in the nutritional, somatic, and psychiatric fields. There is no systematic overview in the literature, which simultaneously covers all these types of medication. The main aims of this paper are (1) to offer clinicians an overview of the evidence-based data in the literature concerning the medication (psychotropic drugs and medication for somatic and nutritional complications) in the field of anorexia nervosa since the 1960s, (2) to draw practical conclusions for everyday practise and future research. Searches were performed on three online databases, namely MEDLINE, Epistemonikos and Web of Science. Papers published between September 2011 and January 2019 were considered. Evidence-based data were identified from meta-analyses, if there were none, from systematic reviews, and otherwise from trials (randomized or if not open-label studies). Evidence-based results are scarce. No psychotropic medication has proved efficacious in terms of weight gain, and there is only weak data suggesting it can alleviate certain psychiatric symptoms. Concerning nutritional and somatic conditions, while there is no specific, approved medication, it seems essential not to neglect the interest of innovative therapeutic strategies to treat multi-organic comorbidities. In the final section we discuss how to use these medications in the overall approach to the treatment of anorexia nervosa.
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