DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO NIGHT EATING SYNDROME Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61K31/135 A61K31/165 A61P25/24 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: differential therapy is conducted depending on the number of night meals per a week. Sertraline in a dose of 100 mg is prescribed to the patients having two or less night meals per a week after going to bed and referred to a group of those with primarily evening manifestations of night eating syndrome. Agomelatine in a dose of 25 mg a day is prescribed to the patients having three or more night meals after going to bed and referred to a group of those with primarily night manifestations of night eating syndrome. The treatment continues until stable remission is achieved and further for 6 months.

EFFECT: method enables reducing manifestations of night eating syndrome reliably in the patients with an affective pathology, with no side effects.

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