Pharmacotherapy in anorexia nervosa: A Danish nation-wide register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

No medications have been indicated for the treatment of anorexia nervosa (AN). Nonetheless, individuals with AN are frequently treated pharmacologically. The present study maps nationwide pharmacotherapy two years before to five years after first AN diagnosis.

Methods

We identified all medication prescriptions in a national register-based study of patients with a first diagnosis of AN between 1998 and 2011, and age and gender matched controls (1:10). Medication classes were compared using odds ratios (OR) between patients and controls; between patients below and above 15 years; between patients with and without comorbidity; and between those diagnosed before or after 2005.

Results

The odds of pharmacotherapy were increased in patients for all classes of medi

SUBMITTER: Clausen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10853671 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature