If this is not your name, click here. Other Ophthalmic Surgery Organ Transplantation Orthopaedics Other Osteoarthritis Osteoporosis Otitis Otorhino. Tablets are associated with minimal weight gain according to a research study presented at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. According to research, patients taking Seroquel gained less than five pounds on average over a 10 week period and an average of only six pounds total by the end of 12 months.
Antipsychotic medications are an integral part of treating schizophrenia.
However, these medications can be associated with weight gain which may cause patients to discontinue their medications and predispose them to relapse. A 1999 study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry estimated and compared the effects of three other antipsychotic medications on body weight after 10 weeks of treatment. The results showed two atypical antipsychotics were associated with mean weight increases greater than 9 pounds. The third medication was associated with weight gain less than 5 pounds. Data from the study presented today were gathered from 2,216 patients participating in controlled, uncontrolled and open-label extension trials.