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Table 3 Frequency of prescriptions for patients with eating disorders over 18 years old with medication prescription (n = 546)

From: Description of patients with eating disorders by general practitioners: a cohort study and focus on co-management with depression

 

Patients with medication prescriptions (n = 546)

Patients older than 18 years with medication prescriptions (n = 433)

Patients with depression and medication prescriptions (n = 207)

Patients without depression and with medication prescriptions (n = 339)

Antacids (%)

72 (13.2%)

68 (15.7%)

40 (19.3%)

32 (9.4%)

Anxiolytics

235 (43.1%)

205 (47.3%)

153 (73.9%)

82 (24.2%)

Benzodiazepines

122 (22.3%)

106 (24.5%)

80 (38.6%)

42 (12.4%)

Hypnotics

68 (12.4%)

61 (14.1%)

42 (20.3%)

26 (7.6%)

Others

45 (8.4%)

38 (8.7%)

31 (15.0%)

14 (4.2%)

Laxatives

43 (7.9%)

38 (8.7%)

24 (11.6%)

19 (5.6%)