The effect of agomelatine and melatonin on sleep-related eating: a case report
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- Background: Sleep-related eating may occur in the context of mental illness, sleep disorders, or psychopharmacological treatment. Frequently, sleep-related eating leads to severe weight gain and, so far, there are no treatment options for the condition. Case presentation: We report the case of a 54-year-old white woman with depression, panic disorder, and sleep apnea under treatment with various antidepressants who developed severe sleep-related eating. Her sleep-related eating completely vanished after addition of agomelatine, it reoccurredBackground: Sleep-related eating may occur in the context of mental illness, sleep disorders, or psychopharmacological treatment. Frequently, sleep-related eating leads to severe weight gain and, so far, there are no treatment options for the condition. Case presentation: We report the case of a 54-year-old white woman with depression, panic disorder, and sleep apnea under treatment with various antidepressants who developed severe sleep-related eating. Her sleep-related eating completely vanished after addition of agomelatine, it reoccurred after cessation of agomelatine, and vanished again after her re-exposure to another melatonergic drug, extended melatonin. Conclusions: This case suggests that melatonergic drugs lead to relief from sleep-related eating, even when the condition occurs in the context of physical and mental disorders as well as psychopharmacological treatment.…
Author: | Angela Alexandra Zapp, Eva Caroline Fischer, Michael Deuschle |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-157805 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Journal of Medical Case Reports |
Year of Completion: | 2017 |
Volume: | 11 |
Issue: | 275 |
Source: | Journal of Medical Case Reports (2017) 11:275. DOI: 10.1186/s13256-017-1438-5 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1438-5 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Tag: | agomelatine; melatonin; parasomn; sleep-related eating; weight loss |
Release Date: | 2018/02/23 |
Collections: | Open-Access-Publikationsfonds / Förderzeitraum 2017 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung 4.0 International |