Abstract
There is much evidence that endogenous opioid peptides are involved in the regulation of food and water intake in a variety of species. We report here that the exogenous opiate agonist, butorphanol tartrate (1 μg/kg), significantly increases food, but not water, intake in normal humans. The major effect on food intake was seen within the first 2 h after the administration of drug. These findings suggest that this drug may be therapeutically useful in patients with cancer anorexia.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1175-1178 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1985 |