Open AccessAripiprazole induced compulsive eating in adolescent: Is this the effect of aripiprazole on Serotonin receptors?
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical review and case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2573-9565
DOI - 10.33140/jcrc.05.07.01
Subject(s) - aripiprazole , psychology , partial agonist , 5 ht receptor , eating disorders , serotonin , psychiatry , receptor , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , antagonist
Objective: To present a case of new onset Aripiprazole induced compulsive eating in an adolescent male.Method: We describe a case history of an adolescent male treated with Aripiprazole who developed compulsive eatingbehavior.Result: The compulsive eating behavior stopped once the Aripiprazole was discontinued.Conclusion: We argue that the compulsive eating behavior in the adolescent male was induced by Aripiprazole and theeffect of Aripiprazole on eating behavior may be due to the effect of Aripiprazole on serotonin receptors.