| ♦ Anorexic patients experience pharmacological intervention as an invasive,uncontrollable action as a strong, toxic and aggressive treatment. |
| ♦ Resistance to undertaking a cure is one of the most marked pathological traits in AN. |
| ♦ The AN therapy consists in setting up simultaneous or sequential interventions of individual and / or family psychotherapy, nutritional and pharmacological,being the symptoms of the disease multiplied by biological, psychological and family factors. |
| ♦ Some pilot studies have highlighted the usefulness of some second-generation antipsychotics (olanzapine, aripiprazole) in the treatment of anorexia nervosa |
| ♦ Citalopram can reduce depression and anxiety during weight recovery |
| ♦ Fluoxetine does not promote weight recovery but can reduce relapse |
| ♦ Supplements of l-tryptophan in the diet do not increase the efficacy of fluoxetine. |