Open AccessWeight gain with olanzapine: Drug, gender or age?
Author(s) -
Sanjay Jain,
Manish Bhargava,
Shiv Gautam
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.31617
Subject(s) - olanzapine , weight gain , medicine , body mass index , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , antipsychotic , adverse effect , antipsychotic drug , atypical antipsychotic , pediatrics , psychiatry , body weight
The introduction of atypical antipsychotics was a big step forward in the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychoses. Their limitations, however, became evident over time.