{"id":858,"date":"2024-09-23T23:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reflexmd.com\/blog\/?p=858"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:50:40","slug":"medication-for-binge-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reflexmd.com\/blog\/binge-eating\/medication-for-binge-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"Prescription GLP-1: A New Medication for Binge Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We all overeat sometimes. But binge eating is a different issue. It\u2019s an eating disorder in which people lose control over their eating, according to the National Institute of Mental Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In binge eating disorder<\/a>, you eat lots of food fast. You feel out of control. You might fill up until you\u2019re uncomfortable, eat when you\u2019re not hungry, eat alone out of embarrassment, or feel guilty after a binge eating episode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With every patient, treatment really has to be individualized. There is a great psychological impact from binge eating, including the shame that comes with it. There are also a lot of detrimental health outcomes with chronic binge eating.

Binge eating disorder strikes people of all sizes. However, people affected by it are three to six times more likely to have obesity than those without eating disorders, research<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n\n\n