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Weight gain (causes less weight gain than clozapine, olanzapine and zotepine, around as much weight gain as quetiapine and more weight gain than amisulpride, aripiprazole, lurasidone, asenapine and ziprasidone) [5] (oral, adult, 8.7% to 20.9%; pediatric, 14% to 32.6% ; IM, adult, 8% to 10%)
While pizotifen is effective in adults, [2] evidence of efficacy in children is limited, [3] and its use is limited by side effects, principally drowsiness and weight gain, and it is usually not the first choice medicine for preventing migraines, instead being used as an alternative when other drugs have failed to be effective. [4]
Weight gain is an important adverse effect. [7] [33] Some authors recommend limiting the use of risperidone and aripiprazole to those with the most challenging behavioral disturbances to minimize the risk of drug-induced adverse effects. [34] Evidence for the efficacy of risperidone in autistic adolescents and young adults is less persuasive. [35]
Bristol Myers Squibb said on Saturday data from late-stage studies of its experimental schizophrenia drug showed it helped reduce symptoms of the disorder without the common side effect of weight ...
Some side effects, such as weight gain, occur more frequently with certain types of antidepressant medication. Switching to a new type of antidepressant may help reverse any weight gain you’ve ...
GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss involve all kinds of side effects—good and not-so-good—that may or may not strike the average user. (Reminder that there are many of these meds now.
Prolonged QT interval (less common than with most other atypical antipsychotic drugs) [6] Speech disorder; Electrolyte abnormalities including hyponatraemia, hypokalaemia, hypocalcaemia, etc. Hypertension; Dysphagia; Oropharyngeal spasm; Laryngospasm; Hepatitis; Jaundice; Hypersalivation; Chest pain; Urinary retention or incontinence; Alopecia ...
When people have tried (and failed) to slim down, they might ask their doctor about one of the four weight-loss drugs approved by the FDA. These treatments, available by prescription or over the ...