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Psychiatric medication-induced obesity: treatment options.

Schwartz TL, Nihalani N, Virk S, Jindal S, Chilton M

SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Psychiatry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA. schwartzresearch1@yahoo.com

A majority of psychiatric medications are known to generate weight gain and ultimately obesity in some patients. The authors undertook a comprehensive literature review in order to provide a better understanding of novel treatment options in regards to alleviating weight gained by use of antidepressants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers. There are no agents for management of this weight gain approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and existing studies on options are mainly uncontrolled, small-scale projects with limited power to produce coherent conclusions. There is a clear need for larger studies on existing options, and future psychotropics without these side-effects are currently in the pipeline.

Published 1 October 2004 in Obes Rev, 5(4): 233-8.
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