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typical neuroleptics seen to increase the risk of diabetes
mellitus somewhat
NEW
YORK (Reuters Health) - Younger patients with schizophrenia
are more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes if they are
treated with an atypical neuroleptic drug as opposed to
a conventional neuroleptic, data from a Veterans Health
Administration study indicate.
Dr.
Michael J. Sernyak, of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System
in West Haven, and associates identified more than 38,000
patients treated for schizophrenia in the Veterans Health
Administration system for whom an antipsychotic drug was
prescribed between June and September of 1999. Almost 60%
were being treated with a typical agents, the investigators
report in The American Journal of Psychiatry for April.
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