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Re: Zyprexa's effect on blood sugar

Posted by Quintal on June 14, 2007, at 17:28:24

In reply to Re: Zyprexa's effect on blood sugar » Jesus is Savior, posted by Quintal on June 14, 2007, at 17:22:28

If you still have your heart set on an antipsychotic it seems as though Geodon would be the least likely to affect your blood sugar.
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Recently, the FDA required the manufacturers of some atypical antipsychotics include a warning about the risk of hyperglycemia and Type II diabetes with atypical antipsychotics. Some evidence suggests that ziprasidone may not be as bad as some of the other atypical antipsychotics (namely, olanzapine (Zyprexa)) at causing insulin resistance and weight gain. In fact, in a trial of long term therapy with ziprasidone, overweight patients (BMI > 27) actually had a mean weight loss overall. Ziprasidone, though, is not a weight loss drug. The weight loss reflected in this study on ziprasidone was really reflective of patients who had gained weight on other antipsychotics who were now trending back toward their baseline. According to the manufacturer insert, ziprasidone caused an average weight gain of 2.2kg (which is significantly higher than other atypicals - quetiapine and aripiprazole).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodon
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