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Weight Gain, Obesity, and Psychotropic Prescribing

A majority of psychiatric medications are known to generate weight gain and ultimately obesity in some patients. There is much speculation about the prevalence of weight gain and the degree of weight gain during acute and longitudinal treatment with these agents. There is newer literature looking at...

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Autores principales: Nihalani, Nikhil, Schwartz, Thomas L., Siddiqui, Umar A., Megna, James L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3034985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21318056
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/893629
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description A majority of psychiatric medications are known to generate weight gain and ultimately obesity in some patients. There is much speculation about the prevalence of weight gain and the degree of weight gain during acute and longitudinal treatment with these agents. There is newer literature looking at the etiology of this weight gain and the potential treatments being used to alleviate this side effect. The authors undertook a comprehensive literature review in order to present epidemiology, etiology, and treatment options of weight gain associated with antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants.
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spelling pubmed-30349852011-02-11 Weight Gain, Obesity, and Psychotropic Prescribing Nihalani, Nikhil Schwartz, Thomas L. Siddiqui, Umar A. Megna, James L. J Obes Review Article A majority of psychiatric medications are known to generate weight gain and ultimately obesity in some patients. There is much speculation about the prevalence of weight gain and the degree of weight gain during acute and longitudinal treatment with these agents. There is newer literature looking at the etiology of this weight gain and the potential treatments being used to alleviate this side effect. The authors undertook a comprehensive literature review in order to present epidemiology, etiology, and treatment options of weight gain associated with antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and antidepressants. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3034985/ /pubmed/21318056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/893629 Text en Copyright © 2011 Nikhil Nihalani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Weight Gain, Obesity, and Psychotropic Prescribing
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3034985/
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