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Divergent responses to fluoxetine from two compulsive, food-related conditions: bulimia nervosa and compulsive water drinking.

par Kornreich, Charles ;Dan, Bernard ;Verbanck, Paul ;Fontaine, E;Pelc, Isidore
Référence Biological psychiatry, 43, 4, page (310-311)
Publication Publié, 1998-02

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BACKGROUND: The association of compulsive water drinking with bulimia nervosa is rarely encountered. Nevertheless similar behavior patterns could involve a common pathophysiological mechanism. METHODS: A case report with the association of those two disorders is described. Treatment with fluoxetine was introduced to alleviate the compulsive aspects of those disorders. RESULTS: Fluoxetine had a positive effect on bulimia nervosa but none on compulsive water drinking. CONCLUSIONS: The different response to pharmacologic treatment could mean that bulimia nervosa and compulsive water drinking are based on different physiological mechanisms.