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Hyperglycemia and antipsychotic medications.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance are associated with antipsychotic treatment. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance include abdominal adiposity, age, ethnic status, and certain neuropsychiatric conditions. While impaired glucose metabolism was first described in psychotic patients prior to the introduction of antipsychotic medications, treatment ...
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PURPOSE This study compared the one-year incidence of new-onset type-2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and changes in weight in patients with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses prescribed olanzapine, risperidone, or quetiapine, compared to a reference group receiving haloperidol and no other antipsychotic medication. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data was abstracted from charts of subjects newly initiat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Prescriber
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0312-8008,1839-3942
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.1999.069