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fenfluramine and As If Personality

fenfluramine has been researched along with As If Personality in 25 studies

Fenfluramine: A centrally active drug that apparently both blocks serotonin uptake and provokes transport-mediated serotonin release.
fenfluramine : A secondary amino compound that is 1-phenyl-propan-2-amine in which one of the meta-hydrogens is substituted by trifluoromethyl, and one of the hydrogens attached to the nitrogen is substituted by an ethyl group. It binds to the serotonin reuptake pump, causing inhbition of serotonin uptake and release of serotonin. The resulting increased levels of serotonin lead to greater serotonin receptor activation which in turn lead to enhancement of serotoninergic transmission in the centres of feeding behavior located in the hypothalamus. This suppresses the appetite for carbohydrates. Fenfluramine was used as the hydrochloride for treatment of diabetes and obesity. It was withdrawn worldwide after reports of heart valve disease and pulmonary hypertension.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Hormonal responses to challenge with the 5-HT2A/2C probe d-fenfluramine and hormonal and thermal responses to challenge with the 5-HT1A probe ipsapirone were correlated with self-report and historical assessments of aggression in a pilot sample of eight male personality-disordered individuals."7.69Physiological responses to d-fenfluramine and ipsapirone challenge correlate with indices of aggression in males with personality disorder. ( Coccaro, EF; Hauger, RL; Kavoussi, RJ, 1995)
"Prolactin (PRL) responses to acute challenge with the serotonin (5-HT) releaser/uptake inhibitor, d-fenfluramine (PRL[d-FEN]), were correlated with three different measures of aggression in 14 male personality-disordered subjects."7.69Relationship of prolactin response to d-fenfluramine to behavioral and questionnaire assessments of aggression in personality-disordered men. ( Berman, ME; Coccaro, EF; Hauger, RL; Kavoussi, RJ, 1996)
"This study compared the nature and magnitude of the relationship between aggression and CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) concentration with that between aggression and the prolactin response to d-fenfluramine challenge in human subjects."7.69Central serotonin activity and aggression: inverse relationship with prolactin response to d-fenfluramine, but not CSF 5-HIAA concentration, in human subjects. ( Coccaro, EF; Cooper, TB; Hauger, RL; Kavoussi, RJ, 1997)
"Sixty male offenders with DSM-III-R personality disorders and 27 healthy staff controls were assessed using the Special Hospital Assessment of Personality and Socialisation (SHAPS), impulsivity and aggression ratings, d-fenfluramine challenge and plasma hormone concentrations."3.71Relationship between 5-HT function and impulsivity and aggression in male offenders with personality disorders. ( Anderson, IM; Deakin, JF; Dolan, M, 2001)
"The CSF AVP level was correlated directly with life history of general aggression and aggression against persons and inversely with PRL[d-FEN] responses (but not with CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid), which in turn was correlated inversely with these 2 measures of life history of aggression."3.70Cerebrospinal fluid vasopressin levels: correlates with aggression and serotonin function in personality-disordered subjects. ( Coccaro, EF; Cooper, TB; Ferris, CF; Hauger, RL; Kavoussi, RJ, 1998)
" All subjects were administered standard interview and questionnaire indices of aggression and anger-related traits of personality; in a portion of subjects, CNS serotonergic activity was assessed by neuropsychopharmacologic challenge (prolactin response to fenfluramine hydrochloride)."3.70Aggression and anger-related traits associated with a polymorphism of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene. ( Dent, KM; Ferrell, RE; Flory, JD; Mann, JJ; Manuck, SB; Muldoon, MF, 1999)
"Hormonal responses to challenge with the 5-HT2A/2C probe d-fenfluramine and hormonal and thermal responses to challenge with the 5-HT1A probe ipsapirone were correlated with self-report and historical assessments of aggression in a pilot sample of eight male personality-disordered individuals."3.69Physiological responses to d-fenfluramine and ipsapirone challenge correlate with indices of aggression in males with personality disorder. ( Coccaro, EF; Hauger, RL; Kavoussi, RJ, 1995)
"Prolactin (PRL) responses to acute challenge with the serotonin (5-HT) releaser/uptake inhibitor, d-fenfluramine (PRL[d-FEN]), were correlated with three different measures of aggression in 14 male personality-disordered subjects."3.69Relationship of prolactin response to d-fenfluramine to behavioral and questionnaire assessments of aggression in personality-disordered men. ( Berman, ME; Coccaro, EF; Hauger, RL; Kavoussi, RJ, 1996)
"This study compared serotonergic function, as assessed by prolactin response to fenfluramine, in males with compulsive personality disorder, males with noncompulsive personality disorders, and normal control subjects."3.69Impulsivity and serotonergic function in compulsive personality disorder. ( Coccaro, EF; Hollander, E; Mitropoulou, V; Siever, LJ; Stein, DJ; Trestman, RL, 1996)
"This study compared the nature and magnitude of the relationship between aggression and CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) concentration with that between aggression and the prolactin response to d-fenfluramine challenge in human subjects."3.69Central serotonin activity and aggression: inverse relationship with prolactin response to d-fenfluramine, but not CSF 5-HIAA concentration, in human subjects. ( Coccaro, EF; Cooper, TB; Hauger, RL; Kavoussi, RJ, 1997)

Research

Studies (25)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19904 (16.00)18.7374
1990's17 (68.00)18.2507
2000's3 (12.00)29.6817
2010's1 (4.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Coccaro, EF15
Lee, R1
Kavoussi, RJ7
Birger, M1
Swartz, M1
Cohen, D1
Alesh, Y1
Grishpan, C1
Kotelr, M1
Klar, H2
Siever, LJ9
Silverman, JM1
Klar, HM2
Horvath, TB1
Myers, JE1
Mieczkowski, T1
Perel, J1
Abbondanza, D1
Cooper, TB5
Mann, JJ3
Hauger, RL5
Berman, ME1
Malone, KM1
Corbitt, EM1
Li, S1
New, AS2
Trestman, RL4
Mitropoulou, V3
Benishay, DS1
Coccaro, E1
Silverman, J1
Stein, DJ1
Hollander, E1
Gabriel, SM1
Ferris, CF1
Manuck, SB1
Flory, JD1
Ferrell, RE1
Dent, KM1
Muldoon, MF1
Buchsbaum, MS1
Spiegel-Cohen, J1
Wei, T1
Hazlett, EA1
Sevin, E1
Nunn, M1
Dolan, M2
Anderson, IM1
Deakin, JF1
Deakin, WJ1
Roberts, N1
Anderson, I1
Gabriel, S1
Harvey, PD1
Kupsaw-Lawrence, E1
Herbert, JL1
Bernstein, DP1
Maurer, G1
Cochrane, K1
Mohs, RC1
Davis, KL2
Rubenstein, K1
Benjamin, E1
Goldrick, RB1
Havenstein, N1
Whyte, HM1
Gaind, R1

Clinical Trials (1)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
Effect of Pimavanserin on Aggression and Social Cognition.[NCT05895513]Phase 235 participants (Anticipated)Interventional2024-01-31Not yet recruiting
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Reviews

2 reviews available for fenfluramine and As If Personality

ArticleYear
Aggression: the testosterone-serotonin link.
    The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ, 2003, Volume: 5, Issue:9

    Topics: Aggression; Animals; Female; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; Macaca mulatta; Male; P

2003
Impulsive aggression and central serotonergic system function in humans: an example of a dimensional brain-behavior relationship.
    International clinical psychopharmacology, 1992,Spring, Volume: 7, Issue:1

    Topics: Affective Disorders, Psychotic; Aggression; Brain Chemistry; Fenfluramine; Humans; Impulsive Behavio

1992

Trials

6 trials available for fenfluramine and As If Personality

ArticleYear
Aggression, suicidality, and intermittent explosive disorder: serotonergic correlates in personality disorder and healthy control subjects.
    Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2010, Volume: 35, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Analysis of Variance; Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders; Female;

2010
Reduced prolactin response to fenfluramine challenge in personality disorder patients is not due to deficiency of pituitary lactotrophs.
    Biological psychiatry, 1994, Sep-01, Volume: 36, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Borderline Personality Disorder; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System; Male;

1994
Serotonin function and antiaggressive response to fluoxetine: a pilot study.
    Biological psychiatry, 1997, Oct-01, Volume: 42, Issue:7

    Topics: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Adult; Aggression; Double-Blind Method; Fenfluramine; Fluoxetine; H

1997
d,l-fenfluramine response in impulsive personality disorder assessed with [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography.
    Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 1999, Volume: 20, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Brain Chemistry; Brain Mapping; Female; Fenfluramine; Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; Hum

1999
Effects of caloric restriction and fenfluramine on weight loss and personality profiles of patients with long standing obesity.
    Australian and New Zealand journal of medicine, 1973, Volume: 3, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Body Weight; Clinical Trials as Topic; Diet, Reducing; Drug Tolerance; Feed

1973
Fenfluramine (Ponderax) in the treatment of obese psychiatric out-patients.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1969, Volume: 115, Issue:525

    Topics: Anxiety Disorders; Appetite Depressants; Body Weight; Clinical Trials as Topic; Depression; Diarrhea

1969

Other Studies

17 other studies available for fenfluramine and As If Personality

ArticleYear
Familial correlates of reduced central serotonergic system function in patients with personality disorders.
    Archives of general psychiatry, 1994, Volume: 51, Issue:4

    Topics: Aggression; Alcoholism; Family; Fenfluramine; Humans; Impulsive Behavior; Male; Personality Disorder

1994
Abnormal behavioral responses to fenfluramine in patients with affective and personality disorders. Correlation with increased serotonergic responsivity.
    Biological psychiatry, 1994, Jan-15, Volume: 35, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Anxiety; Arousal; Brain; Depressive Disorder; Female; Fenfluramine; Humans; Male; Middle Aged

1994
Physiological responses to d-fenfluramine and ipsapirone challenge correlate with indices of aggression in males with personality disorder.
    International clinical psychopharmacology, 1995, Volume: 10, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Behavior; Fenfluramine; Humans; Male; Personality Disorders; Pyrimidines; Seroton

1995
Relationship of prolactin response to d-fenfluramine to behavioral and questionnaire assessments of aggression in personality-disordered men.
    Biological psychiatry, 1996, Aug-01, Volume: 40, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Fenfluramine; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Personality Disorders; Prolactin; Psychi

1996
Prolactin response to fenfluramine and suicide attempt lethality in major depression.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1996, Volume: 168, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Body Weight; Depressive Disorder; Female; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Longitudinal

1996
Serotonergic function and self-injurious behavior in personality disorder patients.
    Psychiatry research, 1997, Mar-03, Volume: 69, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Female; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Male; Personality Disorders; Prolactin; Selecti

1997
Impulsivity and serotonergic function in compulsive personality disorder.
    The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 1996,Fall, Volume: 8, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Compulsive Personality Disorder; Fenfluramine; Humans; Impulsive Behavior; Male; Middle Aged;

1996
Central serotonin activity and aggression: inverse relationship with prolactin response to d-fenfluramine, but not CSF 5-HIAA concentration, in human subjects.
    The American journal of psychiatry, 1997, Volume: 154, Issue:10

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Brain; Female; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; Male; Personality

1997
Serotonin function in human subjects: intercorrelations among central 5-HT indices and aggressiveness.
    Psychiatry research, 1997, Nov-14, Volume: 73, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Depression; Female; Fenfluramine; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Personality Disorder

1997
Cerebrospinal fluid vasopressin levels: correlates with aggression and serotonin function in personality-disordered subjects.
    Archives of general psychiatry, 1998, Volume: 55, Issue:8

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Arginine Vasopressin; Female; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; Imp

1998
Aggression and anger-related traits associated with a polymorphism of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene.
    Biological psychiatry, 1999, Mar-01, Volume: 45, Issue:5

    Topics: Aggression; Alleles; Anger; Female; Fenfluramine; Genotype; Homozygote; Humans; Male; Personality Di

1999
Relationship between 5-HT function and impulsivity and aggression in male offenders with personality disorders.
    The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 2001, Volume: 178

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Impulsive Behavior; Male; Personality Disor

2001
Serotonergic and cognitive impairment in impulsive aggressive personality disordered offenders: are there implications for treatment?
    Psychological medicine, 2002, Volume: 32, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Analysis of Variance; Cluster Analysis; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hydrocortisone; Imp

2002
Use of serotonin-active agents in other psychiatric disorders.
    Clinical neuropharmacology, 1992, Volume: 15 Suppl 1 Pt A

    Topics: Aggression; Fenfluramine; Humans; Impulsive Behavior; Male; Mental Disorders; Personality Disorders;

1992
Development of neuropharmacologically based behavioral assessments of impulsive aggressive behavior.
    The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 1991,Spring, Volume: 3, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Anger; Depressive Disorder; Female; Fenfluramine; Humans; Hypothalamus; Impulsive

1991
Serotonergic studies in patients with affective and personality disorders. Correlates with suicidal and impulsive aggressive behavior.
    Archives of general psychiatry, 1989, Volume: 46, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Aggression; Alcoholism; Depressive Disorder; Fenfluramine; Humans; Impulsive Behavior; Male;

1989
Diminished prolactin responses to repeated fenfluramine challenge in man.
    Psychiatry research, 1987, Volume: 22, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Depressive Disorder; Fenfluramine; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Personality Disorders; Pr

1987