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Pharmacotherapy in Psychiatry and Neurology/Farmakoterapia w Psychiatrii i Neurologii
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2/2020
vol. 36
 
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Review paper

The role of blocking serotonin 2C receptor by fluoxetine in the treatment of bulimia

Marek Krzystanek
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Artur Pałasz
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  1. Klinika Rehabilitacji Psychiatrycznej, Katedra Psychiatrii i Psychoterapii, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach
  2. Zakład Histologii, Katedra Histologii i Embriologii, Wydział Nauk Medycznych w Katowicach, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny
Farmakoterapia w Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2020, 36 (2), 135–141
Online publish date: 2021/12/06
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Fluoxetine serves as a primary drug for the pharma cological treatment of binge eating. Its activity usually consists in blocking 2C serotonin receptors. This may be considered to be controversial since agonists of this receptor are effective in pharmacological treatment of bulimia. Bulimia episodes occur as a result of a decrease in serotonergic activity in the central nervous system. The mechanism is clinically confirmed. Drugs which in crease the activity of the serotonin system in suppress ing binge eating proved effective. The anorexigenic effect of drugs which increase the activity of the serotonin system results from the stimulation of serotonin recep tors and not from their blocking. Appetite regulation and binge eating are associated with the activity of the dopaminergic and serotonergic systems. Experimental studies conducted so far prove that the increase in dopa minergic activity in the structures of the reward system is caused by stimulation, and not blocking, of serotonin 2C receptors. The anorexigenic effect of proserotonin drugs may also result from the stimulation of type 3 serotonin receptors and possibly 2C on neurons located in the nucleus of solitary tract. The psychopharmacolog ical investigation conducted in this paper revealed the role of 5-HT2C receptors in the pathogenesis of bulimia nervosa and the mechanism of action of fluoxetine in the treatment of binge eating. Based on existing knowledge, the fact that fluoxetine blocks these receptors does not appear to play a significant role in appetite suppression. Due to few experimental works, the problem requires further research.
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serotonin, bulimia, fluoxetine, serotonin receptors 2C, binge attacks


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