But when the recommended treatment involves antipsychotic ... side effect is weight gain, with many patients often seeing increases of between 10%–15% of their body weight after just three ...

The authors said: “The only pharmacological instrument that has demonstrated efficacy for preventing antipsychotic-induced weight gain is metformin.” According to the study, co-commencement with ...

Antipsychotics can also cause serious side effects, such as involuntary movements of the tongue, lips, face, trunk, arms, or legs (tardive dyskinesia), significant weight gain, and an increased ...

HealthDay News — In a guideline published online December 9 in Schizophrenia Bulletin, recommendations are presented for the use of metformin to prevent antipsychotic-induced weight gain (AIWG).

Dr. Jo Howe and Professor Ian Maidment from Aston Pharmacy School have won funding for a new project to develop new ways to mitigate weight gain caused by antipsychotic medication. Excessive ...