• Out of 9636 of the participants who were taking second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs), 57 were diagnosed with incident diabetes. (medscape.com)
  • Second generation antipsychotics were originally developed to treat schizophrenia. (thedoctorwillseeyounow.com)
  • Antipsychotic medications , particularly second-generation antipsychotics, such as Zyprexa and Abilify , cause weight gain for many people. (psychcentral.com)
  • According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) , second-generation antipsychotics have been the most closely associated with antipsychotic weight gain. (psychcentral.com)
  • Among second-generation antipsychotics, ziprasidone is one of the most widely recognized prescriptions that may not cause antipsychotic weight gain. (psychcentral.com)
  • While second-generation antipsychotics are the go-to for many mental health conditions, first-generation antipsychotics may have a lower chance of experiencing weight gain. (psychcentral.com)
  • Among the 527 patients on monotherapy, 53.5% were prescribed first-generation antipsychotics (FGAs) and 46.5% were prescribed second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) in the period from 1997 through 2007. (go.jp)
  • Currently, about 95% of antipsychotics prescribed in the United States are second-generation antipsychotics. (msdmanuals.com)
  • However, previous results may have been influenced by course of illness, and antipsychotic medication. (nih.gov)
  • The mainstay of treatment for schizophrenia is an antipsychotic medication. (wikipedia.org)
  • Clozapine is the only medication proven to be more effective for people who do not respond to other types of antipsychotics. (wikipedia.org)
  • Accuracy of clinician assessments of medication status in the emergency setting: a comparison of clinician assessment of antipsychotic usage and plasma level determination. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Annals of Pharmacotherapy reports in a study of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation that 39% were given antipsychotic medication to prevent or treat delirium despite a lack of evidence to support its use. (madinamerica.com)
  • This is what happens when psychiatry's pseudoscience convinces real doctors that neuroleptics are "antipsychotic medication" that treat hallucinations and such. (madinamerica.com)
  • However, with the introduction of atypical antipsychotics, the use of this class of medication has "expanded to include bipolar disorders, affective disorders, and symptoms related to behavior and conduct, which now account for the majority of prescriptions. (medscape.com)
  • In an effort to promote the optimal use of antipsychotic medication, we examined the current state of antipsychotic polypharmacy and the use of excessive doses in outpatients with schizophrenia. (go.jp)
  • A study found that vitamin D significantly reduced the odds of antipsychotic medication induced type II diabetes. (vitamindcouncil.org)
  • antipsychotic medication Abilify significantly delayed relapses in adults with bipolar disorder over a two-year period. (pharmatimes.com)
  • In addition, lower participation in PA in these patients correlates with the presence of negative symptoms, the side-effects of antipsychotic medication, social isolation, and other unhealthy lifestyle habits 14 . (nature.com)
  • Perphenazine (brand name Trilafon is discontinued) is an oral antipsychotic medication used to manage schizophrenia . (medicinenet.com)
  • As the lead researcher, Martin Harrow, stated at a meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in 2008, "I conclude that patients with schizophrenia not on antipsychotic medication for a long period of time have significantly better global functioning than those on antipsychotics. (zenit.org)
  • It is well known that unhealthy lifestyle in patients with schizophrenia (such as high rates of tobacco smoking, excessive alcohol use, unbalanced diet, low exercise, overweight, or obesity) and antipsychotic medication can lead to worse physical health than in the general population and can lead to metabolic syndrome (MetS). (databasefootball.com)
  • Cannabidiol, which was administered along with antipsychotic medication, was also associated with nonsignificant improvements in negative and overall symptoms, as well as functional and cognitive scores. (medscape.com)
  • Dr McGuire and colleagues studied the efficacy and safety of cannabidiol in 88 patients aged 18 to 65 years with schizophrenia or a related psycho tic disorder who were currently being treated with one antipsychotic medication. (medscape.com)
  • treatment resistant schizophrenia is the failure to respond to two or more antipsychotic medications given in therapeutic doses for six weeks or more. (wikipedia.org)
  • We included 6588 older adults dispensed trazodone and 2875 dispensed an atypical antipsychotic, of whom 95.2% received a low dose of these medications. (cmaj.ca)
  • Antipsychotic medications place children and young adults at serious risk for type 2 diabetes, new research suggests. (medscape.com)
  • In this latest report, investigators found that study participants who were prescribed antipsychotics were significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes within the first year of use compared with matched control individuals who were not prescribed these medications. (medscape.com)
  • The investigators evaluated records from the Tennessee Medicaid program of 28,858 first-time users of antipsychotic medications and 14,429 1-for-2 matched control individuals who had recently initiated use of a psychotropic other than an antipsychotic. (medscape.com)
  • Certain mental health conditions can benefit from antipsychotic medications. (psychcentral.com)
  • Antipsychotic medications can help improve symptoms of psychosis that may significantly impair daily life, such as hallucinations, delusions, or disorganized thinking. (psychcentral.com)
  • Though long-term patients switching between antipsychotic medications also experienced mild increases. (psychcentral.com)
  • Method: The subjects of this study were schizophrenia patients who received oral antipsychotic medications from 1997 to 2007. (go.jp)
  • Through the efforts of the National Partnership, we've significantly reduced the use of antipsychotic medications when not clinically indicated. (cms.gov)
  • Nursing homes can get support to improve resident safety, reduce potential harm, improve care, and reduce the use of antipsychotic medications by finding and contacting their Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO). (cms.gov)
  • Pooled analysis of two similarly designed 52-week trials has shown aripiprazole to be an effective maintenance treatment for patients undergoing an acute psychotic episode who had previously responded to antipsychotic medications. (medscape.com)
  • Two studies were conducted to resolve clinical questions related to adverse events caused by antipsychotic medications in clinical practice. (go.jp)
  • Thanks to aggressive marketing techniques, pharmaceutical companies are raking in profits from atypical antipsychotic medications - drugs originally approved for mental illnesses that are as serious as they are rare. (truthseekerforum.com)
  • and by educating leadership and staff with the most up-to-date evidence-based knowledge about dementia, Dr. Amin and members of the Coler-Goldwater staff were able to steadily and significantly decrease the use of antipsychotic medications. (nyc.gov)
  • Perphenazine is one of the older, first-generation antipsychotic medications. (medicinenet.com)
  • FLORENCE, Italy - A cannabis compound may help reduce psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia over and above the benefits derived from treatment with antipsychotic medications, new research suggests. (medscape.com)
  • It has been seen that some classes of psychotropic medications have significantly improved patients' painful episodes, which have an important positive impact on quality of life. (bvsalud.org)
  • SAN FRANCISCO -- When added to standard treatment for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), the atypical antipsychotic pimavanserin (Nuplazid) significantly improved symptoms of depression, according to the phase II CLARITY trial. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Analyses of seventeen placebo-controlled trials (modal duration of 10 weeks), largely in patients taking atypical antipsychotic drugs, revealed a risk of death in drug-treated patients of between 1.6 to 1.7 times the risk of death in placebo-treated patients. (nih.gov)
  • Observational studies suggest that, similar to atypical antipsychotic drugs, treatment with conventional antipsychotic drugs may increase mortality. (nih.gov)
  • There is much evidence that the vast increases in atypical antipsychotic prescribing in recent decades were fueled by the aggressive marketing tactics of drug companies. (truthseekerforum.com)
  • Although there is no data on long-term outcomes comparing patients who continue with treatment, clozapine and other antipsychotics with less potent dopamine blockade may be helpful. (medscape.com)
  • Studies have found that antipsychotic treatment following NMS and neutropenia may sometimes be successfully rechallenged (restarted) with clozapine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Antipsychotic drugs like clozapine and olanzapine can raise the risk of diabetes, but patients are often not monitored. (thedoctorwillseeyounow.com)
  • Clozapine has also been recognized as a prescription with more pronounced metabolic side effects-including weight gain- compared to other antipsychotic drugs. (psychcentral.com)
  • A national multicenter prospective observational study of 631 newly initiated patients showed that initiation of clozapine and zotepine treatment significantly increased the incidence of hyperglycemia. (go.jp)
  • Despite the introduction of new antipsychotics and improved access to Clozapine over the last 50 or so years, the clinical outcome for people with schizophreniform illnesses has shown little demonstrable improvement. (who.int)
  • According to CMS data, the percentage of nursing home residents inappropriately receiving antipsychotic drugs has declined from almost 24% in 2012, when the program began, to 14.3% in the middle of 2019. (npr.org)
  • Shockingly, children as young as 18 months are now receiving antipsychotic drugs, despite the fact that the diseases they're designed to treat rarely develop before adolescence. (truthseekerforum.com)
  • We compared new users of trazodone with new users of atypical antipsychotics (quetiapine, olanzapine or risperidone) between Dec. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2015. (cmaj.ca)
  • Of these, meta-analysis data from 2018 upholds previously seen trends that olanzapine carries the highest rates of antipsychotic weight gain. (psychcentral.com)
  • In the study, researchers demonstrated that influencing genes prevented weight gain in rodent models being administered the antipsychotics risperidone and olanzapine. (psychcentral.com)
  • Whereas there were no significant differences between the female and male rats in response to either dose of olanzapine administration, an injection of 0.4 mg/kg risperidone significantly suppressed avoidance more in female rats than in male rats. (lu.se)
  • This study reports on PPI, habituation and sensitization of the human startle reflex in a large group of antipsychotic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients, and the effect of subsequent treatment with quetiapine. (nih.gov)
  • If you have a psychosis, you will likely be prescribed antipsychotics. (carp.ca)
  • To date no study has measured the effect of antipsychotics on both of these indices together, in the same population of people with psychosis. (nature.com)
  • Striatal dopamine synthesis capacity (Ki cer ) and anterior cingulate glutamate were measured using 18F-DOPA positron emission tomography and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy respectively, before and after at least 5 weeks' naturalistic antipsychotic treatment in people with first episode psychosis ( n = 18) and matched healthy controls ( n = 20). (nature.com)
  • Almost 300,000 nursing home residents are given antipsychotic drugs each week, even though most have no psychosis to justify it. (npr.org)
  • Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death. (nih.gov)
  • Antipsychotic drugs can be effective in reducing or eliminating symptoms of psychosis. (msdmanuals.com)
  • After the immediate symptoms have cleared, depending on the cause of their psychosis, people may need to continue taking antipsychotic drugs to reduce the probability of future episodes. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Long-acting injectable versus oral antipsychotics for the maintenance treatment of schizophrenia: a systematic review and comparative meta-analysis of randomised, cohort, and pre-post studies. (psychiatrist.com)
  • The delay of relapse with INVEGA ® SUSTENNA ® was 190 days longer than with oral antipsychotics. (jnj.com)
  • If you're switching off a current antipsychotic, amisulpride and aripiprazole may not affect weight and might result in some weight loss. (psychcentral.com)
  • [ 32 ] Consistent with published trial results, a recent Cochrane review of clinical data noted that aripiprazole has comparable antipsychotic efficacy to conventional and other atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia. (medscape.com)
  • The injectable formation of haloperidol, a first generation or "typical" antipsychotic, has been the standard of care for acutely agitated patients for many years. (news-medical.net)
  • No adverse event occurred significantly more often with Zyprexa IntraMuscular than with haloperidol intramuscular. (news-medical.net)
  • Haloperidol is a high-potency antipsychotic of the butyrophenone class that is available in tablet, solution, and injectable forms. (medscape.com)
  • Although we did not find any effect of antipsychotic treatment on absolute measures of dopamine synthesis capacity and anterior cingulate glutamate, the relationship between anterior cingluate glutamate and striatal dopamine synthesis capacity did change, suggesting that antipsychotic treatment affects the relationship between glutamate and dopamine. (nature.com)
  • This study aimed to examine the effect of antipsychotic treatment-associated factors on hyperglycemic progression after adjustment for the effect of background factors suggested to be associated with hyperglycemic progression. (go.jp)
  • Our objective was to describe the comparative risk of falls and fractures among older adults with dementia dispensed trazodone or atypical antipsychotics. (cmaj.ca)
  • But in many long-term care facilities, antipsychotics are being used for patients living with dementia. (carp.ca)
  • There is no excuse for the indiscriminate administration of antipsychotics to dementia patients. (carp.ca)
  • To continue reading the full article, please visit The Toronto Sun's Guest Column, "Stop treating dementia with antipsychotics: CARP . (carp.ca)
  • Her serenity was partly a tribute to the work of Dr. Ravindra Amin, Chief of Psychiatry, who along with staff at Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility began a program in 2009 to improve safety and the quality of care by reducing the use of unnecessary antipsychotic drugs in managing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, which can include restlessness, aggression, delusions and anxiety. (nyc.gov)
  • Use of antipsychotic drugs in the 1300-resident facility's 500 dementia patients fell to 13% in June 2013 from 38% in January 2011. (nyc.gov)
  • Although little difference in the efficacy of individual typical antipsychotics is observed, a difference in the adverse effect profile is noted. (medscape.com)
  • Studies on antipsychotic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients are lacking, since these patients are so difficult to recruit. (nih.gov)
  • Thirty-four antipsychotic-naive, first-episode schizophrenia patients (24 males, 10 females), and age- and gender-matched healthy controls were tested in a psychophysiological test battery at baseline and again after 6 months. (nih.gov)
  • At baseline, male patients showed significantly lower PPI than controls. (nih.gov)
  • These findings indicate that PPI deficits are already present from the earliest stage of clinical onset of schizophrenia, before the patients have received any antipsychotic treatment. (nih.gov)
  • Furthermore, the results suggest that schizophrenia patients in the antipsychotic-naive state show reduced levels of sensitization, yet normal levels of habituation. (nih.gov)
  • Sixty-five percent of hospital-based psychiatrists or emergency room physicians are not satisfied with current intramuscular antipsychotic therapies, primarily due to side effects that are difficult for patients to tolerate and because patients must be switched to a different oral therapy once they are stabilized, according to the Psychiatrist International Project conducted by PKS Research Partners in February 2004. (news-medical.net)
  • 6,7 The RISE data demonstrated that UZEDY significantly prolonged time to impending relapse by 5.0 (once-monthly dosing) and 2.7 (once-every-two-months dosing) times versus placebo in patients with schizophrenia. (tevausa.com)
  • A 2021 meta-analysis of 58 clinical trial articles found patients receiving antipsychotics for the first time were the most susceptible to weight gain. (psychcentral.com)
  • Results: Sixty-four percent of patients on antipsychotic pharmacotherapy received a single antipsychotic drug, and 36% received two or more. (go.jp)
  • A new study out of China suggests that vitamin D status is significantly associated with carotid atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes. (vitamindcouncil.org)
  • Results revealed that schizophrenic patients, compared to healthy individuals, scored significantly higher on the aspects of negative emotionality and sexual incompetence and significantly lower on the aspect of sexual satisfaction. (isciii.es)
  • It can be concluded that the conscious part of libido organization in schizophrenic patients exhibits proper consciousness of own sexuality, normal readiness for sexual activity, normal sexual adventurism, significantly higher negative emotionality and sexual incompetence and significantly lower sexual satisfaction. (isciii.es)
  • Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that often causes changes in the personality and therefore certain aspects of sexual self-perception significantly differ between schizophrenic patients and healthy individuals 18-21 . (isciii.es)
  • The extent to which the findings of increased mortality in observational studies may be attributed to the antipsychotic drug as opposed to some characteristic(s) of the patients is not clear. (nih.gov)
  • as well as a 2005 public health advisory about deaths involving antipsychotics in elderly patients. (nyc.gov)
  • Perphenazine is used when patients do not respond to other antipsychotics. (medicinenet.com)
  • As with all antipsychotic agents, tardive dyskinesia may appear in some patients on long-term therapy or may appear after drug therapy has been discontinued. (medicinenet.com)
  • The U.S. experts who have written about this decline in outcomes -- Ross Baldessarini, Carlos Zarate, and Frederick Goodwin -- have different explanations for it, but one thought is that it is due to prescribing antidepressants and antipsychotics to bipolar patients, and how these drugs may worsen their long-term outcomes. (zenit.org)
  • The patients diagnosed with schizophrenia who got off antipsychotics, as a group, had much better long-term outcomes than those who stayed on antipsychotics. (zenit.org)
  • This study design may have overcome some potential biases that could not be controlled in previous studies (e.g., small sample size, varying LTL assay protocols, different biological bases in young, middle-aged, and elderly patients with schizophrenia, the effect of duration of illness or hospitalization, and antipsychotic dose). (databasefootball.com)
  • Le taux et le traitement des patients orientés vers un service spécialisé grâce à une lettre adressée au spécialiste varient globalement en fonction du lieu de soins et cette orientation dépend d'une série de facteurs liés aux consommateurs de santé, aux prestataires et aux systèmes de prestation de soins de santé. (who.int)
  • Purpose: Antipsychotic polypharmacy has been utilized frequently in the clinical setting despite lack of evidence for its safety or efficacy. (go.jp)
  • Antipsychotic drugs versus placebo for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (psychiatrist.com)
  • At the end of the 10-week study, adjunctive pimavanserin met the primary endpoint of significantly reducing depression symptoms compared with placebo, as measured by the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-17) total score (mean difference -1.7, P =0.039), reported Bryan Dirks, MD, executive director of clinical research at Acadia Pharmaceuticals in San Diego. (medpagetoday.com)
  • Mean change in QTc interval did not differ significantly from placebo with any active treatment group, and there were similarly low incidences of clinically significant weight gain. (medscape.com)
  • Results from the first randomized trial of cannabidiol as an adjunctive therapy in schizophrenia showed that compared with placebo, the compound significantly improved positive symptoms and symptom severity. (medscape.com)
  • Pre-clinical models show interactions between the dopamine and glutamate systems which could contribute to the actions of antipsychotics [ 12 ]. (nature.com)
  • Although the exact mechanism of antipsychotics is unknown, scientists believe they may work by blocking the action of dopamine in the brain. (medicinenet.com)
  • Every effective antipsychotic drug known blocks dopamine receptors. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The antipsychotic drugs prescribed to nursing home residents also cost taxpayers a bundle. (npr.org)
  • A recently published study2 found that nearly two-thirds of all antipsychotic drugs prescribed to children between 2005 and 2009 were for the treatment of ADHD and other disruptive behavior disorders. (truthseekerforum.com)
  • It remains unclear whether the newer antipsychotics reduce the chances of developing neuroleptic malignant syndrome, a rare but serious and potentially fatal neurological disorder most often caused by an adverse reaction to antipsychotics (neuroleptics). (wikipedia.org)
  • Authors' conclusions in randomised clinical trials significantly favoured experimental interventions if financial competing interests were declared. (bmj.com)
  • In those on antipsychotics, continued use decreases the risk of relapse. (wikipedia.org)
  • We found a 3-fold increased risk for type 2 diabetes in the children who were antipsychotic users when compared to a very closely matched group of control children receiving other psychotropic drugs with a similar psychiatric profile," principal investigator Wayne A. Ray, PhD, professor in the Department of Health Policy at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee, told Medscape Medical News . (medscape.com)
  • But they come with a higher incidence of extrapyramidal side effects, otherwise known as nerve conditions that can significantly impair motor function. (psychcentral.com)
  • Citations for antipsychotic misuse in skilled nursing facilities increased by 200% between 2015 and 2017 under the Obama administration. (npr.org)
  • First, the report suggests the number may be misleading, since data show that schizophrenia diagnoses in nursing homes have risen as the misuse of antipsychotic drugs appears to have fallen. (npr.org)
  • More than 56 percent of physicians say it is very important or important that an antipsychotic can be used in an injectable formulation for agitation and an oral formulation for long-term disease management. (news-medical.net)
  • The FDA only approves antipsychotics for people who have serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia. (npr.org)
  • Antipsychotics are widely used to manage mental illnesses. (go.jp)
  • The unnecessary use of antipsychotics can also contribute to falls, which cost Medicare more than $50 billion annually. (npr.org)
  • Furthermore, longitudinal studies are few, and their results are inconsistent: some results indicating a reduction of PPI deficits by treatment with atypical antipsychotics, while others do not. (nih.gov)
  • A 2021 study investigating the mechanisms behind antipsychotic weight gain found that shared genetic pathways between obesity and mental disorders may underlie why treatment is linked to weight gain. (psychcentral.com)
  • Neither anterior cingulate glutamate concentrations ( p = 0.75) nor striatal Ki cer ( p = 0.79) showed significant change following antipsychotic treatment. (nature.com)
  • H. Lundbeck A/S is involved in new research on Parkinson's disease, which may be the first step towards a new and significantly improved treatment of the debilitating and devastating disease. (europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com)
  • The initial Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study, which compared standard treatment with intensive control, found that despite good intentions, cardiovascular (CV) and overall mortality are significantly higher when blood glucose levels are lower. (aafp.org)
  • More recently, some atypical antipsychotics have also been approved for the treatment of severe depression. (truthseekerforum.com)
  • Treatment by at least 10 psychiatrists who prescribed six drugs, including four antipsychotics. (blogspot.com)
  • In addition, obesity has been shown to significantly increase the incidence of antipsychotic-induced hyperglycemia. (go.jp)
  • Both antipsychotics produced significant improvement in manic, mixed, and depressive symptoms and in drug craving. (stanleyresearch.org)
  • To minimize harm to nursing home residents and the government's bottom line, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started a program to encourage the reduction in antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes. (npr.org)
  • In recent years, every major manufacturer of atypical antipsychotics has been involved in the illegal marketing of the drugs (while doctors can prescribe drugs off label, it is against the law for drug makers to market them for off-label uses), each ultimately paying hundreds of millions to billions of dollars in fines for their sales and marketing tactics. (truthseekerforum.com)
  • Tobacco smoking increases the metabolism of some antipsychotics, by strongly activitating CYP1A2, the enzyme that breaks them down, and a significant difference is found in these levels between smokers and non-smokers. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, the incidence of antipsychotic-induced hyperglycemia is difficult to predict because many factors are involved. (go.jp)
  • Cannabidiol has behavioral and neural effects distinct from those of tetrahydrocannabinol, and previous studies in both animals and humans have indicated that cannabidiol may have antipsychotic potential. (medscape.com)
  • I have read a study on the Internet that giving an antipsychotic for delirium is not recomended because of the fever and the danger of developing NMS. (madinamerica.com)
  • Rachel Dolin, the lead author of the study, found that citations for over-prescribing antipsychotics to nursing home residents declined significantly between the end of the Obama administration and the first half of the Trump administration. (npr.org)
  • Still, Dolin's study found that fines for prescribing unneeded antipsychotic drugs to nursing home residents were shockingly low during the first half of the Trump administration, even for the most serious offenses, graded "actual harm" or "immediate jeopardy. (npr.org)
  • This inconsistency may be partially due to the relatively small sample sizes in each study and heterogeneity caused by various uncontrolled confounders (e.g., duration of illness or hospitalization, lifetime antipsychotic dose, and telomere length assay methods). (databasefootball.com)
  • LFLB1, DJOA2, VCFR3: study aumenta la posibilidad de desarrollar esquizofrenia y depresión en individuos sin historial previo, y que podría exacerbar conception, VCFR3: manuscript cuadros psiquiátricos previos con dificultad en el tratamiento. (bvsalud.org)
  • This is in spite of the Black Box warning for antipsychotic drugs for older adults with no diagnosis based on the 60-70% increased mortality rate in these older adults. (madinamerica.com)
  • However, antipsychotics fail to significantly improve the negative symptoms and cognitive dysfunction. (wikipedia.org)
  • Furthermore, we examined whether the duration of hospitalization and lifetime antipsychotic dose had an effect on telomere length in schizophrenia. (databasefootball.com)
  • Most people on antipsychotics get side effects. (wikipedia.org)
  • While antipsychotics are often associated with weight gain, you can experience other side effects that may impact your appetite and weight. (psychcentral.com)
  • Antipsychotics are serious drugs with significant side effects. (carp.ca)
  • It is well known that antipsychotic drugs (APDs) are more effective in reducing symptoms in women than in men, and that women are more sensitive to the side effects of APDs. (lu.se)
  • 3 The prevalence of multimorbidity among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is 2.59 times that of non-Indigenous Australians, a factor that contributes significantly to higher mortality. (racgp.org.au)