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Back to table of contents Previous article Next article No AccessBulimia treated with imipramine: a placebo-controlled, double-blind studyPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.5.554AboutSectionsView articleAbstractPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View articleAbstractBulimia, the syndrome of compulsive binge eating, is a common and often severe disorder frequently resistant to known therapies. Recent evidence suggesting a link between bulimia and affective disorder prompted the authors to perform a double-blind study of imipramine versus placebo with 22 chronically bulimic women. Imipramine was associated with a significantly reduced frequency of binge eating and with improvement on several other measures of eating behavior. On 1- to 8-month follow-up, 18 of the 20 treated subjects (90%) had responded to imipramine or a subsequent antidepressant. 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