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Adverse effects of atypical antipsychotics
1Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|October 5, 2001
Abstract:
Atypical antipsychotics have the potential to cause weight gain and derangement of glucose metabolism. These side effects can lead to obesity, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia and should be considered in the management of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.