Fluvoxamine in the Treatment of Binge-Eating Disorder: A Multicenter Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial

• Published in: The American journal of psychiatry Vol. 155; no. 12; pp. 1756 - 1762
• Main Authors: Hudson, James I., McElroy, Susan L., Raymond, Nancy C., Crow, Scott, Keck, Paul E., Carter, William P., Mitchell, James E., Strakowski, Stephen M., Pope, Harrison G., Coleman, Bernard S., Jonas, Jeffrey M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychiatric Publishing 01.12.1998; American Psychiatric Association
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Binge eating; Biological and medical sciences; Bulimia - drug therapy; Bulimia - psychology; Clinical trials; Double-Blind Method; Drug therapy; Eating disorders; Female; Fluvoxamine - therapeutic use; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Neuropharmacology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Placebos; Psychiatry; Treatment Outcome; Human; Chemotherapy; Binge eating; Treatment; Serotonin; Psychotropic; Eating disorder; Reuptake inhibitor; Fluvoxamine

Objective:The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of fluvoxamine in the treatment of binge-eating disorder. Binge-eating disorder is a newly described eating disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of binge eating but without purging behaviors. Uncontrolled reports have suggested t...