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Weight Gain and Metabolic Changes During Treatment with Antipsychotics and Antidepressants.
Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets - 1 Jan 2015
Himmerich Hubertus, Minkwitz Juliane, Kirkby Kenneth C
Abstract excerpt
Weight gain and metabolic disturbances are common side effects during psychopharmacological treatment with specific antipsychotics and antidepressants. The antipsychotics clozapine and olanzapine, and antidepressants tricyclics and mirtazapine have a high risk of inducing weight gain. Recently discovered pathophysiological mechanisms include antihistaminergic effects, activation of hypothalamic adenosine...
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