Naltrexone treatment in kleptomanic patients

Kleptomania is an impulse control disorder and that can be treated with the combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. The most common drug reg imens include antidepressants, especially SSRIs and mood stabilizers. Howev er, the low efficacy rates with these drugs urge research for new treatment regimens. Natrexone, an opioid receptor antagonist, which has been used in the treatment of substance abuse and impulse control disorders, may be als o useful in the treatment of kleptomania. In this study we report two klept omanic patients successfully treated with naltrexone. Copyright (C) 1999 Jo hn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.