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Weight gain due to antipsychotic medications

A window of opportunity? Sometimes patients insist that their calorie intake is low but they just can’t loose the weight that they gained during treatment with a second-generation antipsychotic. But, in general, it is believed that weight gain associated with the use of antipsychotic medications is not due to any “direct” effect on metabolism but…

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