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Reversible Anorexia and Rapid Weight Loss Associated With Neuroleptic Administration in Alzheimer's Disease

Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT

Alan P. Siegal

Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, VA Medical Center, West Haven, CT

Weight loss and malnutrition despite adequate dietary intake has been reported to be part of the clinical course in advanced dementia of the Alzheimer type. We present a case of reversible weight loss associated with neuroleptic use in a patient with Alzheimer's disease and discuss a possible pathophysiological basis for the weight loss. (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1989-2:45-47).

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 2, No. 1, 45-47 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/089198878900200109


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