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Effect of olanzapine, risperidone on risk of diabetes in schizophrenia – (08-12-02)
Effect of olanzapine, risperidone on risk of diabetes in schizophrenia
As if these patients didn’t have enough to worry about!! This article falls on the heels of the previous article; where we see newer, more expensive meds with more harmful side effects. Interestingly, I just recently had a patient on zypraxia that was having difficult coming off the medication. This is still a very new drug and anyone taking this drug is in the “guinea pig” group. Additionally, I realize that most mental health professionals would commit me for this, but I firmly believe that many psychological problems have their origins in physiological imbalances/toxicologies and can be lessened and/or alleviated with addressing the dysfunction. Unfortunately, while the research is generally very sound, few, if any, patients with psychological condition are counseled in this approach.
bmj.com Abstracts: Koro et al. 325 (7358): 243
