The British Journal of Psychiatry 148: 590-592 (1986)
© 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Comparative effects of seven antidepressant regimes on appetite, weight and carbohydrate preference
B Harris, J Young and B Hughes
Appetite, weight, and preference for carbohydrate-containing food were
followed in patients treated in double-blind trials of seven antidepressant
regimes. Trimipramine and isocarboxazid combined had a significant effect
in increasing appetite, carbohydrate preference, and weight; in patients
who had lost appetite at presentation and were on this treatment,
improvement in Hamilton score was linked to increase in weight--a finding
not true of the other treatments.