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How to monitor for dyslipidemia in patients treated with an antipsychotic

In several other articles on this website, we have discussed weight gain and hyperglycemia associated with psychiatric medications, especially antipsychotics. Please see Related Pages below. As discussed in another article on this website, “dyslipidemia” is an umbrella term that includes all abnormalities of lipid metabolism (Arvanitis and Lowenstein, 2023). It includes, among other conditions: – Increase in serum…

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