Naloxone in the treatment of anorexia nervosa: effect on weight gain and lipolysis.

Autor: Moore, Ray, Mills, Ivor H., Forster, Alison
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Zdroj: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine; Feb1981, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p129-131, 3p, 2 Graphs
Abstrakt: The effects of a constant intravenous infusion of naloxone in doses ranging from 3.2 to 6.4 mg/day were studied in a group of patients with anorexia nervosa. Patients showed a significantly greater weight gain during the infusion compared with the periods before and after naloxone. Plasma β-hydroxybutyrate and non-sterified fatty acid levels fell during the infusion. It is suggested that, in man, naloxone has an antilipolytic effect in vivo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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