metformin Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:43:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 metformin Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Weight Gain with Atypical Antipsychotics – A Review of Strategies https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/weight-gain-with-atypical-antipsychotics-a-review-of-strategies/ Fri, 05 Sep 2014 03:13:50 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=8037 Many antipsychotics, especially some atypical or second generation antipsychotics, like olanzapine (Zyprexa) or quetiapine (Seroquel), cause significant weight gain, as well as insulin resistance (diabetes) and elevated lipids. What to do if the medication is helping (much more than alternatives) but the patient is developing these serious adverse effects? Two recent articles review the literature on strategies for managing these ...

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