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Psychiatric medication‐induced obesity: treatment options
Author(s) -
Schwartz T. L.,
Nihalani N.,
Virk S.,
Jindal S.,
Chilton M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
obesity reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.845
H-Index - 162
eISSN - 1467-789X
pISSN - 1467-7881
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-789x.2004.00149.x
Subject(s) - medicine , food and drug administration , mood , obesity , weight gain , psychiatry , management of obesity , weight loss , intensive care medicine , body weight , pharmacology
Summary 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.